Over the past six days, Russian warplanes have conducted 302 sorties and hit 1,093 terrorist targets in Syria.
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According to the Russian Defense Ministry, from December 18 to December 23, Russian jets have conducted airstrikes in the provinces of Idlib, Aleppo, Deir ez-Zor, Hama and Homs.
Russian Defense Ministry spokesman Igor Konashenkov said that Russian warplanes destroyed a terrorist training camp in the Syrian province of Idlib hosting fighters from Turkey and CIS states.
“Russian Su-34 bombers destroyed a major terrorist training camp in the Idlib province. A large group of experienced instructors from neighboring states had been stationed in the camp. Information about this camp, where the majority of terrorists arriving from Turkey were citizens of CIS countries, was received from representatives of the Syrian patriotic opposition about a week ago.”
Also, Russian Su-34 bombers have destroyed two oil storage facilities and dozens of fuel pumps in the Deir ez-Zor province.
“Russian aircraft continued conducting strikes against illegal oilfields controlled by terrorists in the Syrian Arab Republic. Su-34 bombers destroyed two oil storage bases, three oil-extraction plants along with dozens of fuel pumps located there.”
Moreover, six off-road vehicles equipped with heavy machine guns and three militants’ trucks were destroyed by Russian warplanes in the Homs province. And an Ahrar ash-Sham militant group’s command post was destroyed in the Aleppo province,.