Russian warplanes have bombed a training camp in Syria where
foreign instructors trained potential suicide bombers, the Russian
defense ministry said. It was one of 49 terrorist targets hit by the
Russian Air Forces over the day.
“Not far from Salma in
Latakia province, a Su-24M bomber delivered a strike at a building,
which was used as a terrorist training ground. According to
intelligence, there were ISIL foreign instructors, who were training
people, including suicide bombers, for guerrilla warfare in areas
liberated by the Syrian army,” ministry spokesman Maj. Gen. Igor Konashenkov said.
He added that the facility had its own explosives workshop, which was also destroyed by an airstrike.
Russian
warplanes conducted 36 combat sorties on Saturday and attacked 49
militant targets in Syria, including command points, weapons workshops,
firing positions, depots and fortified bunkers, Konashenkov added.He added that the facility had its own explosives workshop, which was also destroyed by an airstrike.
The general said that the terrorist group Islamic State (IS, formerly known as ISIS/ISIL), which suffered serious damage from Russian bombings, is working to rebuild its infrastructure.
“The militants' new tactics is to spread their supply and command facilities, but it does not work. All their new infrastructure objects are being identified and destroyed,” he said.
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