Several people were wounded as a result of the heavy airstrikes, which came just a day after the Syrian war jets heavily struck the IS positions in the northern province of al-Raqqa, the de facto capital of the IS.
Other activists, the Local Coordination Committees (LCC), said at least 15 people were killed and tens of others wounded as a result of the airstrikes against Palmyra.
The IS terror group seized full control of the millennia-old oasis city of Palmyra, otherwise known as Tadmur, on May 20 this year.
Since capturing it, the terror-labeled group destroyed the city's notorious military prison and several Islamic tombs and centuries-old temples.
The IS also committed public executions of government soldiers and people accused of working for the government.
The intensified airstrikes came as reports of Syrian army started using newly-received Russian weaponry emerged Thursday.
The pan-Arab al-Mayadeen TV said "the new weaponry sent by Russia is of high and precise efficiency and the Syrian army has started getting trained to use them."
The TV didn't elaborate on where exactly the new weapons were deployed.
Russian officials have recently stressed that Moscow will continue providing military aid to Damascus, and that the military support will be accompanied by Russian specialists.
"There were military supplies. They are ongoing and they will continue," Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said Sunday. "They are inevitably accompanied by Russian specialists, who help to adjust the equipment, to train Syrian personnel to use these weaponry."
Russia says the military aid is aimed at combating terrorism in accordance with international law.
Syria is reeling under four years of conflict and intense battles between government troops and an array of ultra-radical groups such as the Nursra Front and the IS.
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Russia has sent fighter jets to Syria, U.S. officials said, raising the stakes in a military buildup that has put Washington on edge and led Friday to the first talks between U.S. and Russian defense chiefs in over a year...
ReplyDeleteU.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter, eyeing the possibility of rival U.S. and Russian air operations in Syria's limited airspace, agreed in a call with his Russian counterpart to explore ways to avoid accidental military interactions.
The coordination necessary to avoid such encounters is known in military parlance as "deconfliction."
"They agreed to further discuss mechanisms for deconfliction in Syria and the counter-ISIL (ISIS) campaign," Pentagon spokesman Peter Cook said after the call...Reuters.....dailystar.com.lb
Palmyre: l'aviation syrienne frappe l'Etat islamique...
ReplyDeleteSelon les données de l'Observatoire syrien des droits de l'homme (OSDH) basé à Londres, l'aviation syrienne a réalisé 25 frappes sur les djihadistes de l'EI dans la zone de Palmyre. Parmi les victimes des attaques figurent 13 combattants islamistes, affirme l'OSDH.
Entre 2.000 et 2.500 membres de l'Etat islamique s'étaient emparés de Palmyre en mai dernier. Depuis lors, ils ont détruit, sous prétexte de lutte contre l'idolâtrie, une importante partie des vestiges antiques de cette ville classée au partimoine mondiale de l'Unesco, provoquant un vif émoi médiatique.......http://sptnkne.ws/KTx
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