Video Shows Russian Federation Firing Cruise Missiles At IS

There were also reports that a Russian artillery unit might be supporting Assad’s forces in central Homs province. All 224 people on board were killed.

The Russian navy is also firing cruise missiles from the Caspian Sea towards targets in Raqqa, Idlib and Aleppo provinces – their second naval bombardment since September.

The United States and Russian Federation agreed to air safety protocols in October, including a ground communications link between the two sides in the event air communications failed. Meanwhile Department of Defense spokesman Peter Cook said “We are not coordinating or cooperating with the Russians in terms of targets but we are taking these important steps to make sure our pilots, and the Russian crews for that matter, do not come into conflict with one another”.

He added that an estimated 25,000 foreign fighters were believed to be fighting for Daesh in Syria and Iraq.

President Francois Hollande will travel to Moscow on November 26 as part of an effort to create a grand coalition to fight Islamic State, despite differences over the future of Syrian President Bashar al-Asaad, whose key backers are Russian Federation and Iran. Russian Federation has contended that its main target was Islamic State, but it has been accused of hitting other targets, including territory occupied by Western-backed rebels.

The Islamic State group said it had bombed the Russian jet in Egypt in retaliation for the bombing raids.

“The air strikes have destroyed the headquarters, three depots with oil, lubricants and ammunition; a plant for the production of explosive devices; a command center, a workshop for the production and repairs of mortar launchers and an oil pumping station”, General Kartapolov said.

It was not clear when this missile strike was done.

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