Russia Steps Up Airstrikes In Idlib

March 14 2019

Syria

The Russian air force says it has destroyed a weapons depot belonging to the Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) militant group in northern Syria, reports the Tass news agency (Moscow). 

On Wednesday, Russian jets struck a facility in Idlib after intelligence suggested that militants were storing several unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) there, said the Kremlin. 

The militants were planning a drone attack on Russia's Hmeimim airbase in Latakia province, it said. Militants have launched...

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