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Moscow, SANA- Official Spokesman of the Russian Presidency Dmitry Peskov announced that the Russian air force operation against ISIS terrorists in Syria “moved into a higher level.”
” The operation of the Russian armed forces in support of the Syrian army continued today and moved into a higher level in a technical point of view, and as you know, our winged missiles have been launched from the fleet of Caspian sea as reports talked about Syrian forces’ progress, supported by us,” Sputnik news agency quoted Peslov as saying in a statement.
He added that President Putin has highly evaluated the task of Russian soldiers and their military expertise.
Zakharova: Russian side willing to work to unify efforts of the Syrian army and “Free Army” to combat ISIS.
Official Spokesperson of Russian Foreign Ministry Maria Zakharova said on Wednesday that in light of the stance announced by President Vladimir Putin, the Russian side affirms willingness to work, through Defense Ministry, to unify efforts of the Syrian army and those of the so-called “Free Army” to combat the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) and other terrorist organizations.
“The Russian Foreign Ministry, authorized by President Putin, informs our partners in the countries which have contacts with the Free army about Russia’s readiness to hold contacts with leaders of this structure to discuss possibility of engaging it the work to prepare conditions for launching the necessary political settlement process in Syria through talks between the Syrian government and the national opposition,” Zakharova said in a statement.
She affirmed that “the Russian Foreign Ministry will continue its contacts with all spectrum of Syrian opposition to help consolidate its union on this ground.”
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