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Russian Warplanes Hit 289 Terrorist Targets in Syria in Two Days

Russian warplanes have carried out 107 sorties and hit 289 terrorist targets in eight Syria's provinces over the past 48 hours, the Russian Defense Ministry said Friday.

"On November 11-12, [Russian] aircraft conducted 107 sorties, hitting targets in Aleppo, Damascus, Idlib, Latakia, Hama, Daraa, Homs and Deir ez-Zor," Maj. Gen. Igor Konashenkov said.

According to Konashenkov, 184 terrorist fortified areas, 50 strongholds with military equipment and weapons and 34 command centers were destroyed by Russian airstrikes.

The Russian Aerospace Forces destroyed an ISIL ammunition depot in the Damascus province, which was supplying the terrorists with rockets to shell the Syrian capital.

A Russian Su-34 bomber destroyed an ISIL ammunition depot in Syria's province of Daraa, the Russian Defense Ministry spokesman said.

An ISIL stronghold and the terrorist group's ammunition depot was destroyed by a Su-24M military jet in the Homs province.

Moreover, a major Nusra Front ammunition depot was destroyed in the Hama province. Meanwhile, in the Idlib province, the Russian Aerospace Forces launched airstrikes on a Nusra Front plant, which had been producing rockets and explosive devices.

A Nusra Front command center was destroyed in the Syria's province of Latakia, the general said.

Terrorists fighting in the Latakia province have received an order to urgently evacuate modern arms and assets, Konashenkov said.

He added that local citizens in Syria's provinces of Latakia, Tartus, Homs, Hama, Idlib and Damascus were joining self-defense groups.

 

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