Moscow: Russia's air force hit 60 Islamic State targets in Syria over the past 24 hours and killed around 300 militants, the Defence Ministry said today, in Moscow's most intense raids yet since it first launched strikes on Syria 10 days ago.
In the previous updates, the Moscow had been reporting hitting about 10 targets daily. The increased pace of attacks was aimed at preventing militants from re-grouping and dispersing in populated areas, the ministry said.
The ministry said in a statement that air force jets used KAB-500 precision guided bombs to destroy a headquarters of the Liwa al-Haqq militant group in Syria's Raqqa province.
Liwa al-Haqq is not connected to Islamic State, so it was not clear what the two field commanders were doing at the group's base.
A monitoring group said on today Aleppo had seen intensified fighting as Islamic State seized villages close to the city from rival insurgents.
The ministry said its SU-34, SU-24M and SU-25CM fighter jets carried out 67 sorties over the past 24 hours.
In the previous updates, the Moscow had been reporting hitting about 10 targets daily. The increased pace of attacks was aimed at preventing militants from re-grouping and dispersing in populated areas, the ministry said.
The ministry said in a statement that air force jets used KAB-500 precision guided bombs to destroy a headquarters of the Liwa al-Haqq militant group in Syria's Raqqa province.
Liwa al-Haqq is not connected to Islamic State, so it was not clear what the two field commanders were doing at the group's base.
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A monitoring group said on today Aleppo had seen intensified fighting as Islamic State seized villages close to the city from rival insurgents.
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The ministry said its SU-34, SU-24M and SU-25CM fighter jets carried out 67 sorties over the past 24 hours.
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