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Russian jets pulverize 448 infrastructural Daesh targets in Syria

A picture taken on October 3, 2015 shows Russian Sukhoi SU-30 SM jets landing on a runway at the Hmeimim airbase in the Syrian province of Latakia. (AFP)

Russian Air Force jets have destroyed 448 Takfiri infrastructure facilities throughout Syria over the last three days, says Russia’s Defense Ministry.  

The targets were hit during 137 sorties carried out against Daesh and other terrorist groups all over the country, said Russian Defense Ministry spokesman Igor Konashenkov on Monday.

Konashenkov said that although the intensity of Russian sorties was lower than usual over the last few days, “the number of targets per flight increased.”

He noted that Russia’s air campaign had resulted in “significant changes” in the tactics used by the terrorists all over Syria, saying, “Armed groups aren’t acting as blatantly as they used to even a month ago."

The Russian official added that the terrorists are trying to use mobile defense tactics in which they constantly relocate their positions “in an attempt to hide from strikes, by both Syrian government troops and the Russian Air Force.”    

Combat report

Konashenkov announced that the targets had been destroyed in the provinces of Aleppo, Idlib, Damascus, Latakia, Hama, Homs, and Raqqah.

The Russian jets destroyed “four mortars and an ammunition depot” belong to al-Nusra Front terrorists in Latakia. A terrorist repair shop holding armored vehicles in Hama and a main command center in Idlib were also destroyed.

A Daesh munitions warehouse holding makeshift unguided missiles was hit near the capital Damascus, and large arms depots were pounded in Raqqah and Homs.

Russia launched its air campaign against the Daesh Takfiris in the Arab country on September 30 upon a request from the Syrian government.


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