‘That’s for Paris’ inscribed on Russian missile

Sergei Shoigu reported to President Vladimir Putin Friday that Russian warplanes destroyed 15 oil refining and storage facilities in Syria and 525 trucks carrying oil during this week’s bombing blitz. He said this deprived the IS of $1.5 million in daily income from oil sales.

Russian Federation has vowed to escalate its military campaign against IS in Syria after it confirmed the Metrojet airliner that crashed in the Sinai, killing 224 passengers, was brought down by a bomb. French President Francois Hollande is set to travel to Washington and Moscow next week for talks on joint military action against IS, and Putin already has ordered the military to cooperate with the French. Shoigu said Saturday that Russian warships in the Capsian sea fired 18 cruise missiles on “terrorist positions” in Syria.

Colonel Patrick Ryder, a spokesman for U.S. Central Command, said on Friday that more Russian bombs were now targeting Islamic State, which is also known as ISIS and ISIL.

According to a briefing given to President Vladimir Putin cruise missile strikes against one target near the ISIS-controlled city of Deir Ezzor had killed “more than 600 fighters”.

According to Shoigu, Russian warplanes flew 522 sorties and destroyed over 800 targets in the last four days.

Russian Federation has given the United States advance notice before it conducted air strikes in Syria at least three times since last week’s attacks in Paris, a US official said on Friday.

Speaking to reporters, Warren denigrated Russia’s military capabilities, saying: “The Russians are using dumb bombs”.

Russian Federation and Iran, Obama said, will have to make a “fundamental shift” in their policy on Syria if they hope to take on ISIS successfully.

A squadron of Tu-22M3 long-range bombers on Thursday struck six facilities in the provinces of Raqqa and Deir el Zour, hitting IS oil refineries, an ammunition depot and a facility manufacturing and repairing mortars, Kartapolov added.