On January 25, six Tu-22M3 long-range bombers of the Russian Aerospace Forces took off from an airfield located in the territory of the Russian Federation, flew over territories of Iraq and Iran, and carried out an aviation strike ISIS terrorists’ targets in the Deir ez-Zor province of the Syrian Arab Republic.

The aircraft were targeted at two control centres, ammunition storages, armament and military hardware of insurgents.

According to the objective monitoring data, all assigned targets have been hit.

Su-30SM and Su-35S fighters covered the bombers.

All Russian aircraft came back to the airbases after performing assigned combat tasks.