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Russian Jets Strike ISIL Positions in Syria's Aleppo
Fars News
TEHRAN
(FNA)- Military sources said that the Russian Air Force launched a
series of airstrikes above Aleppo's Eastern countryside, targeting the
ISIL terrorist group's positions along the Deir Hafer-Aleppo Highway
while the Syrian Army attacked the terrorist group on the ground, Arab
media reports said.
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sources told Syria's al-Masdar news outlet that the Syrian army, in
coordination with the National Defense Forces (NDF), conducted a
powerful assault on the ISIL positions at ‘Ayn Sabl, resulting in the
capture of the Southwestern perimeter of this town that is located to
the East of Tal Rayman and Al-Salihiyah.
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"The Russian fighter jets reportedly struck ISIL
positions in East Aleppo with remarkable precision and relentless
ferocity; these airstrikes also marked the first time that Russia
physically participated in this four-year-long Syrian conflict," the
report said.
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The Russian Air Force was also seen flying above
the Damascus countryside, Lattakia and Hama Governorates, on Thursday
morning, but all of their jets reportedly returned back to the Hmamiyat
Military Airport in the Syrian coastal city of Jableh.
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According to a senior officer in the Syrian army,
these Russian airstrikes were coordinated with the Syrian Air Force ,
who launched their own raids along the Raqqa-Deir Ezzur Highway, added
the report.
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Meantime, other sources said that the jets were
Russia-made fighters, but did not confirmed that they were operating
under the Russian air force command.
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Earlier this month, military sources said that the
Syrian air force, using satellite images, carried out a series of
airstrikes above the Prophet Younis Mountains in the Lattakia
Governorate’s Northeastern territories, killing at least 47 militants
from Liwaa Suqour Al-Ghaab and Ahrar Al-Sham.
