Russian air forces kill 250 ISIS militants preparing assault on Palmyra

September 14, 2016 Cholo Brooks The World 0

Russian Aerospace Forces targeted a group of terrorists preparing an offensive on the Syrian city of Palmyra. The airstrikes destroyed 250 militants and 15 vehicles.

(AhlulBayt News Agency) – Russian Aerospace Forces targeted a group of terrorists preparing an offensive on the Syrian city of Palmyra. The airstrikes destroyed 250 militants and 15 vehicles.

“The fight against ISIS goes on. Yesterday, the Russian Aerospace Forces conducted airstrikes to the north of Palmyra where a group of ISIS terrorists was preparing an offensive on the city,” Lt. Gen. Viktor Poznikhir, first deputy chief of the General Staff’s Main Operational Department, said at a news briefing in the Defense Ministry. READ MORE OF THIS STORY

SOURCES: Sputnik

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Joel Cholo Brooks is a Liberian journalist who previously worked for several international news outlets including the BBC African Service. He is the CEO of the Global News Network which publishes two local weeklies, The Star and The GNN-Liberia Newspapers. He is a member of the Press Union Of Liberia (PUL) since 1986, and several other international organizations of journalists, and is currently contributing to the South Africa Broadcasting Corporation as Liberia Correspondent.