Alwaght- Russian Tu-22M3 bombers delivered an airstrike on remnants of ISIS terrorist group on the western bank of the Euphrates in Syria.
The Russian defense ministry said on Friday that the country’s Tu-22M3 long-haul bombers delivered an airstrike on terrorists’ targets on the western bank of the Euphrates in Syria to destroy their command posts and manpower.
"Six Tu-22M3 strategic bombers, which took off from an airfield in Russia, delivered an airstrike on ISIS targets on the western bank of the Euphrates near the settlement of Abbas (the province of Deir ez-Zor)," the ministry said, adding that unmanned aerial vehicles recorded the results of the bombing.
"Su-30SM fighter jets based at the Khmeimim airdrome provided backing for the bombers in Syria’s airspace. All Russian aircraft returned to their home bases when the mission was completed," the ministry added.
Backed by popular forces and Iranian military advisors, armed forces in Iraq and Syria have managed to flush ISIS terrorists out of their last strongholds in both countries. Remnants of the defeated terrorist groups are still hiding in liberated areas as the armed forces of the two countries and their allies continue operations to clean up all areas where the Takfiri terrorists might be hiding.
In a letter addressed to Leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran Ayatollah Sayyed Ali Khamenei on Tuesday, Major General Qassem Soleimani, the commander of the Quds Force of Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC), declared the collapse of ISIS in both Iraq and Syria.
