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Syria-Lebanon-Iran
Russian Long Range Aviation destroys 2 ISIS HQs
2017-02-01
[al-Manar] Russian long-range bombers have destroyed two ISIL command centers, along with weapons and ammunition depots in Syria’s Deir Ezzor province – the latest in a series of strikes against the ‘jihadists’ in the area, the Russian Defense Ministry has announced.

“On January 30, six Tu-22M3 long-range bombers of the Russian Aerospace Forces took off from an airfield located in the territory of the Russian Federation, flew over territories of Iraq and Iran, and carried out an airstrike on ISIS terrorists’ targets in the Deir Ezzor province of the Syrian Arab Republic,” the Defense Ministry said in a statement.

The precision strikes targeted and destroyed two Islamic State ISIL command centers, weapons and ammunition depots in addition to ‘jihadist’ manpower, according to the statement. Sukhoi-30SM and Sukhoi-35S fighter jets from the Hmeimim air base provided protection for the Russian bombers.
Posted by:badanov

#3  More like they simply flew over the black sea then Turkey. Turkey can hardly refuse now can't they?
Posted by: Seeking cure for ignorance   2017-02-01 20:56  

#2  Getting overfly permits from both Iraq and Iran to conduct a bombing run in Syria is a complex challenge. The Russians seem to have gotten the paperwork down to making simply routine.
Posted by: Blossom Hupager6063   2017-02-01 17:52  

#1  a Russian "Whitman" base.
Posted by: borgboy   2017-02-01 12:54  

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