A Russian Su-24 strike aircraft in the sky over the Khmeimim airbase in Syria. Photo: Dmitriy Vinogradov / RIA Novosti
Warplanes of the Russian Aerospace Forces (VKS) had targeted hideouts used by militants in the governorates of Homs and Deir Ezzor in central and eastern Syria, according to the Russian Center for Reconciliation in Syria.
In two separate statements released on September 25 and 26, Captain 1st Rank Oleg Ignasyuk, deputy chief of the center, said that two separate waves of strikes hit four and eight hideouts in the two governorates.
“In the provinces of Homs and Deir Ezzor, the VKS delivered strikes on four hideouts, used by militants who left the al-Tanf zone,” the Russian official said in both statements.
Around 200 U.S. troops are usually deployed at a garrison in al-Tanf, along with hundreds of militants from a proxy group known as the Syrian Free Army. The U.S. maintains a 55-kilometer no-fly zone around al-Tanf. However, VKS warplanes fly over the garrison on a regular basis.
Attacks on government forces in Homs and Deir Ezzor increased in recent months. Most of the attacks were blamed on ISIS, which rarely claims responsibility.
The U.S. claims that it is present in al-Tanf to counter ISIS. However, the real purpose of the garrison is to block the strategic Damascus-Baghdad highway. The garrison is also reportedly being used as an outpost to collect intelligence, facilitate Israeli attacks against Syria and train militants.
Syrian and Russian officials accused U.S. forces in al-Tanf of training and arming militants, including members of ISIS, more than once in the past.
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now we know where russia “stands”… or should i say “kneels” with respect to the tribe. “lavrov reminded the world that russia is committed to ensuring i$rael’s security”…. mr. lavrov, tell mr. “pootie-poot” his money in the west (along with your’$” in western banks will remain safe) and “why” you will “never” leave the western run un/unsc den of inequity that is built on fiat trade with no intentions of sound money and free markets with actual price discovery “ever”!
russia is obsessed with adolf society, military marches and closet ghey activities, this madness should stop and russia becomes normal
no actually those obsessions are not the problem at all. it has everything to do with idolatry and the worship of alchemy as a business making money out of nothing and keeping that business going under the guise of a globalist nwo. russia in fact is showing itself to be just like it’s western counterparts and is “okay” with the idea that a hundred thousand of it’s own dead (and counting) that will remain nameless in the history books…
… is all part of just doing regular business which is why it is satisfied to accommodate the west because it’s money, wealth, power and influence is tied up in western institutions like a “gordian knot” at the expense of it’s peoples and the rest of the world…. looks like those “5 dancing devils in lower manattan” 23 years ago have not only more than 1 visa, but speak the same language when it comes to the master(s) that make them possible!…
any news of the r.f. munition depots at tikhoretsk and toropets destroyed by ukr drones?
did the tikhoretsk attack destroy 2,000 or 30,000 tonnes of munitions, costing the r.f. fully 2-3 months’ worth of supplies?
“thirty thousand tonnes exploded – that is 750, 000 shells.. ..we will see the consequences in the coming weeks.” said estonian intel chief col. kiviselg.
but can al-jazeera be believed? can anyone?
does it even matter? the russians have ramped up production of basically everything tenfold and more. one or ten depots hit wont alter the inevitable outcome much.
its only good for eurotard flathead nazi pr victories.
whatever. it didn’t save ugledar. plenty of shells fell on it, so i dont think russia is concerned. im sure they have plenty
why wont they hammer my colon? my pooper needs some attention. anyone?
heheheh
ill do it. as a fellow gay dei hire and nafotard par excellance, i can even lick it clean after i fill you up!
russia needs becoming peaceful and happy! maybe multiculture would make russia a happy society with more fun. let’s open russia to the world, give a russian person a hug, and maybe russia unfreezes and becomes joyful again.