Alwaght- Russian flagship aircraft carrier Admiral Kuznetsov, accompanied by Royal Norwegian Navy's HNoMS Fridtjof Nansen, have been pictured off the coast the Britain, en route to Syria.
Al Masdar News cited a military source in Latakia as saying the Russian aircraft carrier will be deployed to the Mediterranean for 6 months.
The Admiral Kuznetsov is reportedly carrying several Russian fighter jets and attack helicopters that are meant to boost the aerial campaign against the ISIS and Jabhat Fateh Al-Sham terrorist.
Russian defence minister Sergei Shoigu said in September that the Admiral Kuznetsov-led Northern Fleet would be joining a taskforce in the Mediterranean.
According to the Russian news agency Tass, he told a defence board meeting that the plan was to bolster the Mediterranean fleet's "combat capabilities".
A statement from the fleet to the agency on October 15 said the group also consisted of the Pyotr Velikiy battlecruiser, the Severomorsk anti-submarine ship, the Vice-Admiral Kulakov destroyer and other support vessels.