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Militant attempt to shell Russia’s Hmeimim airbase in Syria foiled, no one injured

Friday, 03 May 2019 12:46 PM [ Last Update: Friday, 03 May 2019 12:52 PM ]

This file picture shows Russian Sukhoi Su-24 fighter jets at the Russia-run Hmeimim airbase in Syria's western coastal province of Latakia. (Photo by AFP)

A high-ranking Russia military official says foreign-sponsored Takfiri militants have attempted to shell the country’s strategic Hmeimim airbase in Syria's western coastal province of Latakia, but it was successfully foiled.

“On May 2, militants from illegal armed groups, who hold positions near the towns of Qalaat al-Madiq and Bab al-Atika, made another attempt to shell the Hmeimim airbase. Their attempt was repelled. No Russian servicemen were injured, and no damage was done to the facility,” Major General Viktor Kupchishin, the head of the Russian Defense Ministry’s Center for Syrian Reconciliation, said on Friday.

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Syrian air defenses have shot down three “hostile” targets over a Russian air base in the country’s western coastal province of Latakia.

He added that Takfiri militants had also launched barrages of shells at the northwestern Syrian city of Aleppo, Handarat town north of Aleppo city, as well as the city of Mahardah and Saklabiya town in Syria’s western-central Hama province over the past 24 hours.

PressTV-Russia: 12 drone, rocket attacks foiled in Syria in April

The Russian military says 12 drone and rocket attacks staged by terrorists in Syria’s Latakia have been repelled during the past month.

Kupchishin said on Wednesday that the Russian military had repelled 12 drone and rocket attacks by terrorists based in Syria’s northwestern province of Idlib against Hmeimim airbase and positions of Syrian government forces in Latakia since early April.

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Meanwhile, Russia’s Defense Ministry has dismissed media reports that four Russian servicemen had been killed as terrorists shelled an area in Syria’s Hama province.

The ministry, in a statement released on Thursday, described the reports as “fake news,” stressing that all Russian forces deployed in Syria are well and fulfilling their duties.

Syria has been gripped by foreign-backed militancy since March 2011. The Syrian government says the Israeli regime and its Western and regional allies are aiding Takfiri terrorist groups that are wreaking havoc in the country.

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The Russian army has launched a mobile exhibition to display military vehicles and weapons it captured from militants fighting in Syria.

Russia has been helping Syrian forces in ongoing battles across the conflict-plagued Arab country.

The Russian military assistance, which began in September 2015 at the official request of the Syrian government, has proved effective as Syrians continue to recapture key areas from Daesh and other foreign-backed terrorist groups across the country with the backing of Russian air cover.

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