Morning Star.png Russian Jets Fly from Iran to Bomb ISIS The Morning Star, London, 17 August 2016 Russian long-range bombers took off from Iran's Shahid Nojeh air base yesterday to hit targets in Syria's Deir el-Zour, Aleppo and Idlib provinces. Moscow had never previously used the territory of another country in the Middle East for its operations inside Syria, where it has been supporting President Bashar al-Assad's forces for nearly a year. The Russian ministry said that Su-34 and Tu-22M3 bombers had attacked Islamic State (Isis) and Nusra Front militants in Aleppo, as well as in Deir el-Zour and Idlib, destroying five major ammunition depots, training camps and three command posts. Nusra is al-Qaida's branch in Syria, although the group recently announced a name change to Levant Conquest Front, claiming to be severing ties with the global terror network in a bid to evade Russian and US-led air strikes. Russia and the US have both dismissed the name change as window-dressing. The Russian announcement follows a statement on Monday by Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu asserting that Moscow and Washington are edging closer to agreement on Syria to help defuse the situation in the city of Aleppo. Mr Shoigu said the agreement would "allow us to find common ground and start fighting together for bringing peace to that territory," adding that Russian representatives are "in a very active stage of talks with our American colleagues." Russia has previously criticised US reluctance to persuade Syrian opposition groups it supports to withdraw from areas controlled by Nusra. Iran's Supreme National Security Council secretary Ali Shamkhani said yesterday that Tehran and Moscow have exchanged "capacity and possibilities" in the fight against Isis. "With constructive and extended co-operation between Iran, Russia and Syria and the resistance front (Hezbollah), the situation has become very tough for terrorists and the trend will continue until their complete destruction," he said. Admiral Vladimir Komoyedov, former commander of the Black Sea fleet and a State Duma deputy, said yesterday that using facilities in Iran cuts flying time sharply and is a good way for Russia to cut costs. He added that sending "Tu-22 flights from Iran means less fuel and a bigger bomb load." From: http://www.morningstaronline.co.uk/a-e760-Russian-jets-fly-from-Iran-to-bomb -Isis#.V7PhYPl9600 __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 13973 (20160817) __________ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com -- -- You are subscribed. This footer can help you. Please POST your comments to [email protected] or reply to this message. You can visit the group WEB SITE at http://groups.google.com/group/yclsa-eom-forum for different delivery options, pages, files and membership. To UNSUBSCRIBE, please email [email protected] . You don't have to put anything in the "Subject:" field. You don't have to put anything in the message part. All you have to do is to send an e-mail to this address (repeat): [email protected] . --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "YCLSA Discussion Forum" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/yclsa-eom-forum. To view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/yclsa-eom-forum/003001d1f847%2495550ac0%24bfff2040%24%40com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
