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Russian military repels drone attack by militants on air base in Syria’s Latakia
[PRESSTV] The Russian military has successfully foiled a drone attack launched by terrorist groups against its permanent air base in Syria’s western coastal province of Latakia, from where Russian fighter jets carry out Arclight airstrikes against Takfiri
...an adherent of takfir wal hijra, an offshoot of Salafism that regards everybody who doesn't agree with them as apostates who must be killed...
ISIS Lions of Islam and other foreign-sponsored holy warriors in the war-torn Arab country.

In a statement released late on Saturday, the Russian Reconciliation Center in Syria announced the news, saying the Hmeimim air base's defenses in the evening shot down an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) launched from bad boy-held areas to the north of Latakia.

"The aerial target was destroyed at a significant distance from the base" by anti-aircraft fire in a routine manner, said the statement, adding that there were no injuries or material damage.

The statement further said that the process of dispatching combat drones toward the air base from the bad boy-held areas was ongoing. The majority of combat drones launched by holy warriors against the base were shot down thanks to the Russian Pantsir-S1 anti-aircraft weapon system, it added.


Posted by: Fred 2018-07-30
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