Russian Air Force strikes jihadist rebels in southwest Idlib
The Russian Air Force continued their heavy bombardment of the Idlib Governorate, today, after taking a short hiatus overnight to concentrate on the Hama province.
Russian Sukhoi jets reportedly unleashed several airstrikes along the Turkish border this afternoon, hitting a number of jihadist targets inside the strategic district of Jisr Al-Shughour.
According to a military source in western Syria, the Russian Air Force primarily targeted areas that had a large presence of jihadist rebels from the terrorist group known as the Turkestan Islamic Party.
| ...also known as Turkistan Islamic Movement (TIM) and formerly as the East Turkestan Islamic Movement (ETIM) and other names, it is an Islamic extremist terrorist organization founded by Uyghur jihadists in western China. Its long term goal is to establish an independent state called "East Turkestan" in China’s Xinjiang province, but in the meantime it is based in North Waziristan and practices on the playing fields of Syria, where it is allied with Al Nusra and has some support from the Turkish govrenment of neo-Ottoman Sultan Recep Tqyyip Erdogan I, the much beloved. |
With the Syrian Arab army preparing offensive northwestern Syria the Russian Air Force has intensified their aerial campaign against the jihadist rebels.
Jihadist rebels attack Syrian Army stronghold near southwest Idlib (video)
On Tuesday, the Russian Air Force carried out a large number of airstrikes against the jihadist rebels in the Northwestern provinces of Syria.
Using their Sukhoi jets, the Russian Air Force hammered the jihadist rebels with airstrike after airstrike in order to weaken their resolve in northwestern Syria.
In response to the Russian attack, the jihadist rebels unleashed flurry of missiles towards the Syrian government stronghold of Joureen in the Al-Ghaab Plain this evening.
According to a military source, the jihadist missiles that targeted Joureen missed the Syrian army’s positions and hit the surrounding farms.
The Syrian Army then retaliated by firing several ground to ground missiles at the jihadist defenses in the area.