Russia carries out fresh airstrikes on ISIS targets in Syria, says defence ministry

October 01, 2015 17:29

Despite reports to the contrary, Russia's defence ministry is claiming that a new round of air strikes overnight on Thursday did target ISIS and "strictly avoiding populated areas".

News agencies reported that the ministry confirmed that Sukhoi-24M and Sukhoi-25 aircraft flew eight sorties. They hit an ammunition depot near Idlib as well as a three-storey ISIS command centre near Hama.

It said a pinpoint strike had destroyed a facility located in the north of Homs aimed at rigging cars with explosives for suicide attacks, Reuters writes.

The ministry gave no specific locations, but said the targets were installations for Islamic State and the Nusra Front, al-Qaida's affiliate in Syria.

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