Wide-scale Op. in Syria: 27 Targets Hit in Homs, Hama, Raqa

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Russian air force hit 27 terrorist targets in Syria overnight after conducting dozens of flights as part of the wide-scale operation launched by the Syrian army with the cover of Russia's air force.

"Russian warplanes conducted 22 sorties overnight. The crews of Sukhoi Su-34, Sukhoi Su-24M and Sukhoi Su-25 aircraft struck 27 terrorist targets on Syrian territory," Russia's defense ministry announced in a statement.

Russian strikes

The ministry said it had destroyed eight ISIL terrorist group strongholds near populated areas in the Homs province, and hit 11 training camps affiliated with the terrorist group in the Hama and Raqa provinces.

"As a result of the strikes, the infrastructure used for the training of terrorists has been destroyed," the statement said.

The Russian military also announced it had struck underground hideouts used by militants near the villages of Salma and Arafit, located in the coastal Latakia province.
In the same context, SANA reported that the Syrian Army units have succeeded to destroy armored vehicles and military posts for the so-called Jaish al-Fateh (Army of Conquest) terrorists with a cover from the Russian Air Force as part of the war against terrorism in the northern and north eastern countryside of Hama.

A military source said in a statement to SANA that these operations left 32 terrorists dead while 38 others were injured and four armored vehicles and three canons were destroyed.

The Syrian army units achieved great advance in different axes of clashes with terrorists who lost scores of their members while others fled away leaving their arms and ammunition behind.

In Latakia province, SANA reporter said 20 terrorists were killed as a car they were rigging with explosives exploded in Rabiaa area in the northern countryside of the province. A Saudi officer, who was an explosives expert, was identified among the dead.

Chief of the General Staff in the Syrian Army General Ali Abdullah Ayoub announced on Thursday morning the start of the military operation which aims at eliminating terrorist organizations in areas and towns that suffered from terrorism.