Russian Federation says conducts third day of massive Syria strikes

About 45 minutes before A-10 Thunderbolt II and AC-130 Spectre gunships attacked, fighters made low passes over 116 oil truck tankers in eastern Syria last Sunday to drop leaflets. “Get away from your oil trucks immediately”, the leaflets read. “Do not risk your life”. On October 8, the Syrian army passed to a large-scale offensive. The Islamic State (ISIL) jihadist group, operating in Syria and Iraq, claimed responsibility for the attacks.

The carrier left its French port Wednesday, on a mission that has even greater significance now than it did when it was first announced on November 5.

Russia, which has conducted air campaign in Syria since September 30, sharply raised its intensity this week on President Vladimir Putin’s orders.

“If we get a better understanding with Russian Federation about the process for bringing an end to the Syrian civil war, that obviously opens up more opportunities for coordination with respect to ISIL”, Obama said on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in Manila, according to The Associated Press, using another acronym for ISIS. Additional strikes were carried Wednesday in what was believed to be the biggest Russian air campaign since the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan.

His comments come after Russian Federation on Tuesday launched airstrikes in the ISIS stronghold of Raqqa.

Over 2,000 terrorist facilities have been destroyed by Russian aircraft since the start of the air operation.

Russia’s military operation has so far entailed just one officially recognised casualty among the troops, a 19-year old technical specialist who the military says has committed suicide – an account doubted by his relatives.

“Right now, we have no plans to do that”, he said. He said, “Our combat aviation’s work in Syria should not be simply continued”. “Their history has been both reckless and irresponsible”.

A few defense analysts on Wednesday said the last two days of Russian airstrikes represent its biggest show of airpower for decades, but questioned Russia’s motives.

And when it comes to the massive bombing run flown by over a dozen Tu-95 bombers against the Islamic State’s de facto capital of Raqqa and the group’s oil fields on Tuesday, Warren charged that “those are antiquated tactics, we don’t use those kinds of tactics any more”.

He said: ‘The worse part is knowing that once you’re there you belong to no one.