Fri Feb 12, 2016 4:56
Russia: US Warplanes Bomb Aleppo City North of Syria
TEHRAN (FNA)- Russian Defense Ministry Spokesman Igor Konashenkov said in a statement that US fighter jets entered the Syrian airspace and targeted different neighborhoods in the Northern city of Aleppo.
"Just before 2 p.m. Moscow time (1100 GMT on Wednesday), two US Air Force A-10s flew into Syrian airspace from Turkish territory,” Konashenkov said.
"After reaching Aleppo by the most direct route, the US planes “conducted strikes against targets in the city,” Konashenkov added.
Russia’s defense ministry said Thursday that its air force had hit 1,888 “terrorist targets” in eight regions including Aleppo, Lattakia, Hama and Homs provinces over the past week.
The ministry vehemently dismissed accusations that civilians had been targeted in the strikes, saying that the Russian aviation and Syrian government forces will never launch strikes on the civilian population.
On Thursday, several gathering centers of al-Nusra Front and other terrorist groups came under heavy attack by the Syrian fighter jets.
The army's airstrikes against Sawaran village near Azaz city, which is one of the main lines of supply used by the terrorists to procure arms and transfer fresh recruits, killed and wounded dozens of militants.
Also the Syrian warplanes targeted al-Nusra Front positions and centers in the villages and towns of al-Bawabiya, Komarin, al-Zarba and Khan al-Assal on the Southern and Southwestern outskirts of Aleppo city.
Other terrorist groups' gathering centers in al-Bab and Deir Hafer cities and Tadif were also attacked by the army's air force units.
The Syrian Air Force launched a series of massive airstrikes on ISIL and al-Nusra Front's main military grid and defense lines in Aleppo province on Thursday.
The source said that the ISIL gatherings and military hardware, including a depot of machinegun-equipped vehicles, were destroyed during the strikes in Tadif and Tiba al-Ism regions and nearby farms as well as al-Bab city in the Eastern and Northeastern parts of the province, respectively.
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