ISIS Militias Are Being Struck by Russian Military Aircraft
YemenExtra
M.A.
The raids that were struck in Abu Kemal town have achieved the destruction of stockpiles of weapons and command posts of the ISIS group.
Russian Tu-22M3 military aircraft that took off from Russian territory and reached Syria via Iran and Iraq conducted airstrikes against Daesh locations.
The ministry of the Russian Defense reported in a statement that “provided data approves the destruction of all assigned objects.”
The Russian military has been conducting an air operation in the Abu Kemal area over the last several days. On Friday, the Kolpino, a submarine, launched six Kalibr cruise missiles from the Mediterranean Sea.
Russian Defense Ministry’s spokesman Maj. Gen. Igor Konashenkov has spoke that approximately two dozen anti-ISIS strikes by the Russian military in the past days have paved the way for the Syrian army to succeed in the area.
Until now, more than 90 percent of the territory of Syria has already been liberated from ISIS, according to the Russian military, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu has also said that Moscow’s military campaign in Syria that has been ongoing since 2015 will be finishing soon.