the aerospace forces of the Russian Federation together with combat aircraft Turkey began an air operation against the militants of the terrorist group “Islamic state” (ISIS, ISIL, DAYS, banned in Russia) in the suburbs of the village of al-Bab in Aleppo province.
“To the air operation, coordinated with the Syrian side, involved nine attack aircraft of Russian air force, including four su-24M, four su-25 and one su-34 bombers, as well as eight aircraft of the Turkish air force four F-16 and four F-4. Affects 36″, – declared the chief of the Main operations Directorate of the General staff of the armed forces of the Russian Federation Sergey rudskoy (quote by Interfax).
According to him, the first results of the air strikes showed the high efficiency of joint actions of the Russian and Turkish air forces. In addition, Russian military aviation is helping Syrian troops repel attack of militants near the city of Deir ez-Zor.
“Using overwhelming numerical superiority, the rebels engaged in an ongoing assault on the positions of Syrian troops. In the case of the capture of the town its inhabitants are in for a real genocide. The population of Deir-ez-Zor can be completely destroyed,” added the Armenian President in conversation with journalists.
He also noted that the coalition headed by the USA “pushes” in the Eastern part of Syria is militants in the Iraqi area of Mosul. “The actions of the coalition groups, led by the United States, under Iraqi city of Mosul has largely been reduced to squeezing in the Eastern part of Syria significant forces of ISIS, which almost seamlessly transfer the firearms, explosives, and manpower in the direction of Palmyra, Deir ez-Zor and the border with Turkey the city of al-Bab,” said rūda.
the representative of staff reported receiving information validated by multiple sources “about the transfer of a large amount of explosives in the area of Palmyra with the aim of destroying the terrorists of ISIS world historical heritage in the city.” “At present, near Palmyra, government troops backed FSI Russian led offensive against the militants”, – stressed Armenian President.
last week, Turkish foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu declared that Turkey and Russia agreed to invite the United States for talks on Syria in Astana in an attempt to restart the peace process. The Syrian opposition, he said, supported the negotiations and expressed hope for the strengthening of the truce.
December 30, in the Turkish General staff reported three air strikes on positions of the terrorist group Islamic state near the Syrian town of al-Bab and destroyed by the air attacks the insurgents. The Russian Agency chose to remain silent about the fact that the bombing were not only the Turkish air force, but aviation.
As reported then journalists Reuters citing the Turkish General staff, the Russian aircraft during the day, struck out three air strikes on positions “Islamic state” in El Baba. This bombing was the first time that Russia has supported military operation of Turkey in Syria, noted the Agency.
In the daily report on the progress of the operation the Turkish army has announced that it has received information about destroyed in the bombing of the Russian aviation 12 militants in El-Baba. It was noted that the purpose of the air strikes were in the city and to the South. Earlier the Turkish army with the participation of the Syrian opposition took the border town of Dzharablus in the North of Syria.
About the strikes became known on the background of the introduction of ceasefire in Syria that took effect from midnight on 30 December. The day before Russian President Vladimir Putin reported of reaching agreement on the truce in Syria and the willingness of the government of the Republic and the armed opposition to open peace negotiations. The introduction of ceasefire was agreed with Turkey and Iran.
at First the truce was shaky in his first hours of human rights defenders reported on the single shooting in the provinces of Hama and Idlib. On the morning of 30 December, representatives of the monitoring organizations and rebel groups reported that in the territories covered by the ceasefire, the situation remained quiet.
August 24, 2016 Turkey engaged in the Syrian military ground operation “shield of the Euphrates”. It is directed against the “Islamic state” and Kurdish people’s protection Units (YPG), which Ankara considers a terrorist organization. Turkish authorities fear that the Kurdish groups will be created on the Syrian-Turkish border their Autonomous Union that will spur the spread of separatist sentiment in Turkey.
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