Russian Air Force destroys 237 terrorist targets in Syria

Damascus, SANA – The Russian Air Force, in cooperation with the Syrian Air Force, carried out 131 sorties which resulted in destroying 237 terrorist targets during the past 48 hours, a military source told SANA.

The source said the airstrikes targeted terrorist sites in the provinces of Hama, Lattakia, Homs, Aleppo, Raqqa, and Damascus Countryside, and that they resulted in destroying 17 command centers for terrorists, 7 assorted munitions depots, 22 artillery positions and training camps, and 189 fortified sites and shelters.

The source elaborated by saying that the sorties resulted in destroying fortified bases, shelters, and a heavy machinegun nest used by ISIS in the surroundings of Palmyra in Homs countryside, in addition to destroying a weapons depot for ISIS near Harasta al-Qantara and a workshops for manufacturing explosive devices and munitions south of Douma in Damascus Countryside.

A camp for Jabhat al-Nusra terrorists which contained around 200 terrorists and a workshops for manufacturing explosive devices were both confirmed destroyed by the Russian Air Force in Aleppo countryside, while a command center for Jabhat al-Nusra was destroyed near the town of Salma in Lattakia countryside.

Hazem Sabbagh

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