The Russian Air Force carried out 81 sorties, targeting 263 Islamic State (IS) targets in Syria in the past two days.

Russian airstrike. Photo: Russian Ministry of Defense

Russian warplanes struck targets mostly belonging to IS and other militants in the provinces of Aleppo, Damascus, Deir ez-Zor, Idlib, Latakia, Raqqa, Hama and Homs, RT quoted Russian Defense Ministry spokesman Igor Konashenkov as saying.

Su-25 fighter jets attacked a warehouse containing anti-tank missile systems belonging to al-Nusra Front, an affiliate of al-Qaeda, in Idlib province, northwestern Syria.

"According to data obtained through the joint information center in Baghdad, a few days ago a batch of anti-tank missile systems was delivered to one of the warehouses in the city of Maarat al-Numan in Idlib province," Konashenkov said, adding that the weapons were intended to be used against Syrian government forces.

"After verifying the information through several channels, two Su-25 fighter jets conducted airstrikes on the target, destroying the warehouse and its contents," the spokesman said.

A Russian Su-24M bomber destroyed a repair facility with seven IS armored vehicles near an airport in Aleppo province. In Raqqa, a Su-34 destroyed two fortified terrorist strongholds on the outskirts of the city.

The Su-24 also carried out an attack on an IS stronghold near the city of Tadmur, Homs province. The airstrike destroyed a tank, a Zsu-23 air defense system and artillery. The Su-34 also destroyed an al-Nusra Front training facility and ammunition depot near the settlement of al-Muhasan in Deir ez-Zor province.

The spokesman added that the Russian air force also bombed the base of one of the IS-affiliated groups in the Jebel-Mgar gorge, near Damascus, destroying an ammunition depot, a command post and hidden military equipment.

Location of provinces in Syria. Graphics: nybooks.com

According to VNE