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Russian Air Force carried out special mission to kill jihadist leaders in northern Homs
 [ALMASDARNEWS] The Russian Air Force carried out a special mission on Friday night to target the jihadist leadership in the northern Homs countryside after receiving intel from ground sources of a specific gathering near the village of Al-Ghanto.According to a Syrian military source, the Russian Air Force struck a joint meeting that was taking place between Harakat Ahrar Al-Sham and Jabhat Fateh Al-Sham (formerly Nusra) near Al-Ghanto, resulting in the death of over 20 jihadists, including 3 high-ranking commanders. The military source added that 8 armored vehicles were also destroyed during the Russian onslaught on Friday evening. Among the jihadist commanders killed on Friday, 3 of them were mourned by Jabhat Fateh Al-Sham and Harakat Ahrar Al-Sham: Najdat Mansour (Ahrar Al-Sham), Muzaid ’Abdel-Sittar (JFS), and Mustafa Muhammad Al-Hussein (Sharia judge of Ahrar Al-Sham). Posted by: Fred 2016-08-20 |
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