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Nusra-linked terrorist group planned to attack Russian Hmeymim Air Base in Syria

Russian Aviaton » Wednesday March 13, 2019 20:16 MSK
photo courtesy by Russian MoD press-service

The Russian Defence Ministry announced that it has conducted an airstrike on a militant warehouse in Idlib containing weapons and ammunition after having negotiated the move with Turkey.

Russian Defence Ministry stated on 13 March that the Hayat Tahrir al-Sham militant group, linked to Al-Nusra Front*, has been planning an attack on the Russian Hmeymim Air Base in Syria that used attack drones. 

The attack was pre-empted by the Russian Air Force, which conducted an air raid on a warehouse where the group was storing the drones intended for the attack. The strike was negotiated with Turkey in advance, the ministry added. Days prior to the airstrike, a major shipment of attack drones was unloaded at the warehouse, according to the ministry's information.