(AhlulBayt News Agency) - Russian Tu-95 bombers have struck ISIS targets in Syria's Raqqa region using X-101 cruise missiles, the Russian Defense Ministry said in a statement.
“On February 17, 2017, strategic missile carrying Tu-95 bombers made an operational flight from the territory of the Russian Federation over the territories of Iran and Iraq and conducted an air strike against ISIS terrorists’ objectives in the Raqqa region using X-101 cruise missiles,” the ministry’s statement says.
It also says the Russian bombers hit the terrorist's bases and training camps as well as a command center of one of ISIS' “large detachments,” adding that all objects were successfully destroyed.
In Syria, the bombers operated under cover of Su-30 and Su-35 fighter jets scrambled from the Khmeimim Airbase in Syria's western Latakia region. The bombers then returned to their bases in Russia, the statement says.
In January, Russia dispatched long-range bombers to Syria. On January 21, six supersonic Tupolev Tu-22M3 bombers conducted air strikes against ISIS targets in the Syrian governorate of Deir ez-Zor. The Russian planes hit ISIS base camps, weapon stockpiles, and armored vehicles.
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18 February 2017 - 13:02
News ID: 812493
Russian Tu-95 bombers have struck ISIS targets in Syria's Raqqa region using X-101 cruise missiles, the Russian Defense Ministry said in a statement.
