Russian Air Force carries out 70 sorties targeting 120 terrorist targets in Syria

Damascus, SANA – The Russian Air Force carried out 70 sorties in the past 24 hours targeting 120 terrorist targets in Idleb, Homs, Aleppo, Damascus Countryside, and Lattakia’s northern countryside, a military source told SANA on Wednesday.

The source said the sorties resulted in destroyed 11 command centers for terrorist organizations, including one in the surroundings of Mesraba in Damascus Countryside, one in al-Sheikh Ahmad village in Aleppo’s eastern countryside, and one for Jabhat al-Nusra terrorist organization in Talbiseh in Homs countryside.

The sorties also resulted in destroying 13 rocket launch pads and artillery emplacements, including rocket launchers hidden in the mountains in southeast Damascus Countryside.

The source added that that the sorties destroyed 2 workshops for manufacturing explosive devices, 70 fortified positions and provisioning points, 21 training bases and centers, one of them in Salma area in Lattakia’s northern countryside, 3 munitions depots, and a grouping of vehicles used for transporting weapons and terrorists in Idleb countryside.

Hazem Sabbagh

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