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Russia fires missiles at ISIS targets from Mediterranean
« on: May 31, 2017, 12:44:09 pm »
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Russia fires missiles at ISIS targets from Mediterranean
AFP, Moscow Wednesday, 31 May 2017

A Russian warship and submarine have fired cruise missiles at ISIS group targets around Palmyra in Syria from the Mediterranean, Moscow said Wednesday, the first such strikes announced in months.

The frigate Admiral Essen and submarine Krasnodar carried out four strikes against military hardware and fighters from the extremist group who had left its de-facto capital Raqqa, the Russian military said in a statement.

Continued: http://english.alarabiya.net/en/News/middle-east/2017/05/31/Russia-fires-missiles-at-ISIS-targets-from-Mediterranean.html

“All the targets were hit,” the statement said, without specifying when the strikes happened.