File image. (The Russian Ministry of Defense)
Warplanes of the Russian Aerospace Forces (VKS) attacked militants deployment points in Syria’s Homs and Deir Ezzor governorates, deputy chief of the Russian Center for Reconciliation in Syria announced on June 7.
“During the past day, the Russian aerospace forces destroyed four deployment points of militants who left the al-Tanf area and were hiding in hard-to-reach areas of the al-Amur ridge in the Homs governorate and the Al-Bishri ridge in the Deir ez-Zor governorate,” Major General Yury Popov said in a briefing.
The Russian military commander noted that reconnaissance operations continue in desert and mountainous areas in Homs and Deir Ezzor, in addition to the governorate of Raqqa.
On June 7, video footage surfaced online showing what appears to be the strikes reported by the Russian Reconciliation Center in Syria.
Around 200 U.S. troops are usually deployed at garrison in al-Tanf, along with hundreds of militants from a proxy group known as the Syrian Free Army. The coalition maintains a 55-kilometer no-fly zone around al-Tanf. Despite this, VKS warplanes fly over the garrison on a regular basis.
Attacks on government forces in Homs, Deir Ezzor and Raqqa have increased in recent months. Most of the attacks were blamed on ISIS, which rarely claims responsibility.
The U.S. claims that it is present in al-Tanf to counter ISIS. Nevertheless, the real purpose of the garrison is to block the strategic Damascus-Baghdad highway. In addition, the garrison is reportedly being used as an outpost to collect intelligence and facilitate Israeli attacks against Syria.
Syrian and Russian officials accused U.S. forces in al-Tanf of training and arming terrorists, including members of ISIS, more than once in the past.
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the western empire of lies is constantly training little nazi-s to do their dirty work in their bid to take the mid-east
exactly that is how usa is occupying the syrian oilfields and is pumping them dry
good to see this: search and destroy
seems putin is going to deliver on his promises by arming all us/nato enenemies. arming syria and yeman will be devastating for these warmonger and the zionist isreali genocidal maniacs
striken w lgbt senility i worship $$$