Su-25 aircrafts in Syria. FILE IMAGE: Vadim Grishankin/Russian Defense Ministry Press and Information Office/TASS
On January 22, warplanes of the Russian Aerospace Forces (VKS) carried out a series of airstrikes on ISIS’s areas of influence in Syria’s central region.
The Russian airstrikes, which were the first to hit ISIS this year, targeted hideouts of the terrorist group’s cells near the town of al-Resafa in the southern countryside of Raqqa. Last year, the terrorists established a strong presence around the town after launching repeated attacks on military positions there.
The Syrian Arab Army and its allies deployed reinforcements on several fronts in the central region, including the southern Raqqa countryside, over the last few days and are reportedly preparing to kick off a series of combing operations. The Russian airstrikes on the outskirts of al-Resafa were likely carried out to pin down ISIS terrorists ahead of the upcoming operations.
Last year, the VKS played a key role in the battle against ISIS remnants in central Syria. According to the London-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, 3935 airstrikes targeted the terrorist group’s cells, their hideouts and equipment in the region. As a result, 159 terrorists were killed and at least 255 others were wounded.
ISIS insurgency in the central region will likely continue throughout this year. However, the terrorist group’s cells are currently contained away from all key urban centers and strategic roads in the region.
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Which raises the hardest question and most inconvenient truth of how Syria can keep Russia as it’s guest while Israel for the past 9 years keeps pounding it’s host with their involvement since 2015???…
How many lives would have been spared had Russia said after 2015 that “an attack on Syria is an attack on the Russian Federation”…
Guess loyal UN members no longer take those kinds of positions?… Especially when their men and women are in harms way and are dying for ‘it” -literally!?…
You confirm things very well. It has been decriebed in every way´for many decades. Even so You make questions about it.
It’s simple, Russia have no obligations to fight with jews, turks or anyone else except terrorists inside Syria. Such words as “an attack on Syria is an attack on the Russian Federation” will change nothing, jews, turks and yanks will continue their strikes as will as Iran will continue to help Yemen denying this.
It shows the RuF very well. Thay cant even hit a whole desert well. Most likely they here tryed to hit the town, but it was too small.
Russia is doing OK, got to remember where was before Yeltsin was confrunted with Chechnya secession in 1994.
Secession is happened in 1996. August 1999th – 12 thousand terrorists attacked Dagestan. So they got independence de-facto, but secession wasn’t the option to solve the problem. Several years after there was the referendum where 98% of population voted for being part of Russia again. 1990’s is the darkest time since 1917-22, even 1941-45 wasn’t so desperate time. But now it’s over.
Happy New year, DAESH!