Russian air raid killed 180 ISIL terrorists: Kremlin

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M.A.

The Russian Air Force killeD two Daesh aka ISIS commanders and 180 militants in the Deir Ezzor Governorate, the Kremlin’s Ministry of Defense reported on Saturday.

According to the statement released by the Ministry of Defense, Russian military intelligence managed to identify gathering points for Daesh that were going to be used to wage attacks against the Syrian Arab Army in Deir Ezzor.

The concentration of ISIS forces near the besieged Syrian city was first recognized by Russian surveillance drones in early June, the ministry reported in a statement on Saturday.

The military command decided to carry out preemptive airstrikes to prevent their ensuing attack.

As a result of their findings, the Russian military intelligence played an integral role in defending Deir Ezzor and inflicting serious damage on Daesh’s positions.

Two airstrikes delivered on June 6 and 8 by the Russian Air Force in Syria killed two major IS field commanders, Belgian Abu Umar al-Beljiki and Egyptian Abu Yasin al-Masri, the statement mentioned.