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The Russian Defense Ministry said on Tuesday that Russian strategic bombers have carried out strikes on positions of Daesh (ISIS, ISIL, IS) and Jabhat al-Nusra terrorist organizations in Deir Ezzor and Idleb provinces in Syria.
Russian Defense Ministry spokesman Maj. Gen. Igor Konashenkov said in a statement that Tu-95MS strategic bombers, which took off from the Engels airfield in Russia and flew over Iran and Iraq, delivered a strike with cruise missiles at terrorist groups’ targets in Syria, noting that the sudden strikes destroyed a number of terrorist command posts, troop concentrations, and military equipment, as well as ammunition depots.
Konashenkov said that the attacks against ISIS positions in Deir Ezzor were carried out to support the successful offensive operations by the Syrian Arab Army to wipe out the terrorists’ last stronghold, adding that all the targets were outside populated areas and safely away from US forces and militants of the “Syrian Democratic Forces” (SDF) located in the areas where ISIS are positioned.
He noted that for the sake of ensuring the security of US forces and SDF groups, Russia has refrained from mentioning the exact locations of their positions.
No information about which sides US special forces are fighting in Syria
In a relevant context, Russian defense Ministry said that Moscow has not received any answer on sides that US special forces are fighting in Syria.
Sputnik quoted Konashenkov as saying that the photos of ISIS positions which taken over by the US special forces showed no traces of clashes , no shell craters, no air bombs, nor are there any guards or defense fortifications, adding that this raises questions about who US special forces are fighting side by side and against whom, affirming that Russia had not received any justified explanations concerning this issue.
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“Tu-95MS strategic bombers have carried out strikes with cruise missiles against the facilities of international terrorist groups in Syria. Taking off from the Engels airfield in Russia, the Tu-95s bombers flew over the territory of Iran and Iraq” to perform the mission, Defense Ministry spokesman Igor Konashenkov said.
The H-101 cruise missiles, fired by the Russian bombers, targeted the “most important” Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS/ISIL) and Jabhat al-Nusra facilities, which were uncovered by military intelligence, he added.
“The sudden strikes destroyed the terrorists’ command posts, areas where militants and their equipment were concentrated, as well as ammunition depots,” Konashenkov said, adding that “objective control data confirmed that all targets were struck.”
During the mission, the Tu-95 bombers received Su-30 and Su-35 cover, stationed at the Russian base in Khmeimim, Syria, he said.
In order to strike targets in Syria, the bombers covered a distance of around 7,000 kilometers, performing one refueling in the air via Il-78 tankers, the spokesman added.
The airstrikes were carried out in support of a successful offensive on Islamic State positions in Deir ez-Zor by the Syrian government forces, Konashenkov said.
The spokesman stressed that the terrorist targets destroyed during the operation were “outside of residential areas and at a safe distance from support points of US Special Forces and the fighters of the Syrian Democratic Forces, located in areas controlled by IS.”
Konashenkov also said it was puzzling that the aerial photos of American support points showed no signs of any military action around them.
Aerial footage shows U.S. Forces present side by side with Daesh in terrorists held areas in Syria
“This begs the question: With whom and against whom are the US Special Forces fighting in Syria?…”, which still remains unanswered by Washington, he said.
On Monday, the US-led coalition asked Russia to stop revealing the positions of US-backed forces and coalition troops in Syria in order to realize the “speedy liberation” from Islamic State.
“For operational security, we do not comment on ongoing operations or the current positions of coalition personnel and our partner forces,” the Combined Joint Task Force-Operation Inherent Resolve said in a written statement to RT.
The CJTF-OIR added that it does not disclose the positions of Russian forces and the Syrian Army operating in the same area and urged Moscow to do the same in respect of US-coalition and allied forces.
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