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Title: Russian choppers, fighter jets swarm jihadist stronghold amid Syrian Army buildup
Post by: TomSea on August 08, 2019, 07:14:51 pm
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Russian choppers, fighter jets swarm jihadist stronghold amid Syrian Army buildup
By  News Desk - 2019-08-08

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BEIRUT, LEBANON (7:00 P.M.) – The Russian Air Force unleashed a large number of airstrikes over the northeastern countryside of the Latakia Governorate, today, targeting a number of hideouts belonging to the jihadists of the Turkestan Islamic Party and Hay’at Tahrir Al-Sham.

Led by their fighter jets and attack choppers, the Russian Air Force concentrated most of their strikes on the jihadist strongholds of Sirmaniyeh and Kabani.

These strikes by the Russian Air Force reportedly destroyed several militant hideouts, along with many tunnels dug by the jihadist forces near the front-lines in northeastern Latakia.

Read more at: https://www.almasdarnews.com/article/russian-choppers-fighter-jets-swarm-jihadist-stronghold-amid-syrian-army-buildup/ (https://www.almasdarnews.com/article/russian-choppers-fighter-jets-swarm-jihadist-stronghold-amid-syrian-army-buildup/)