Russian warships hit militants in Syria from Mediterranean: Video
Russia says its warships belonging to the Black Sea Fleet have fired three Kalibr cruise missiles against al-Qaeda-affiliated terrorists in Syria from the Mediterranean Sea.
“Today, at 10:55 a.m., Zelyony Dol and Serpukhov small-sized missile ships of the Black Sea Fleet carried out three launches of sea-based Kalibr cruise missiles on al-Nusra Front targets in Syria from the eastern part of the Mediterranean Sea during combat maneuvering,” the Russian Defense Ministry said in a statement on Friday.
It added that the trajectory of the missiles had been planned over “an unpopulated area” to ensure the safety of civilians, adding that the Kalibr rockets ripped through the terror group’s command facility and a camp near the militant-held town of Darat Azzah, along with a major plant producing mortar ammunition and a large weapons depot in the province of Aleppo.
Russia’s Kalibr missiles, with a range of 2,000 kilometers (1,243 miles), were first used in October last year, when three Russian Navy corvettes, deployed in the Caspian Sea, launched 26 Kalibr-class cruise missiles at 11 targets in Syria as part of Moscow’s anti-terror campaign in Syria, which started in late September upon a request by Damascus.
Syria has been gripped by foreign-backed militancy since March 2011. The United Nations estimates that over 400,000 people have so far been killed in the conflict.
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