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Syria-Lebanon-Iran
Russia bombs ISIS positions in Raqqa
2017-02-18
[ARA] Russian warplanes on Friday conducted several Arclight airstrikes in Syria’s northeastern Raqqa Governorate, targeting Islamic State
...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allah around with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not really Moslems....
’s (ISIS) tactical units and training camps.

The Russian Defense Ministry said on Friday that long-range bombers fired a series of cruise missiles at ISIS targets around Raqqa City.

"The Tupolev-95 bombers had taken off from Russia and flown over Iran and Iraq to get to Syria, and successfully targeted bad boy training camps and a command point," the ministry said in a statement.

Since launching its operations in Syria in September 2015, Russian Air Force has focused its power on Aleppo and other rebel-held areas.

This is the second time for Russia to target Raqqa‐ISIS de facto capital in Syria. In late 2015, Moscow carried out a series of Arclight airstrikes on Raqqa city, bombing ISIS fighting positions and weapons storage centers.

Posted by:Fred

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