Russian aircraft on Friday caused an airstrike on Idlib city located in the province of Rakaya. This publication reports Al-Masdar News, Play video raid.
This settlement is currently under the control group “Haiyan Tahrir al-Sham” (*banned in Russia), which is the largest jihadist structure in northern Syria. As explained by a source from the Syrian army news agency Sputnik, Russian Air Force destroyed the command center of the organization in cancer.
In general, the activities on Friday VKS Russia on the north-west of the country sharply intensified. a series of raids was carried out on the position of jihadist militants in the provinces of Latakia and Idlib, which resulted in several objects were affected. In this case, attack helicopters used from Thursday.
Intensification sorties due to increased militant activity. Last we decided to take advantage of waste CCA units in the north-east in connection with the operation of the Turkish "Source of Peace". Against this background, the jihadists tried to overthrow the government forces. To counter these plans needed a Russian aircraft.
It is not excluded, that the insurgents actions were synchronized with the Turkish military. For them, it became an unwanted event the rapid advance of the Syrian army on the territory of, abandoned by US forces.
