Russian Air Force Bombs ISIS Base in Syria... Over 20 Killed

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AFP reported on the 20th (local time) that at least 21 Islamic State (IS) militants were killed in airstrikes by Russian Air Force aircraft in the Syrian desert region.

According to the report, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, headquartered in London, stated that over the past 24 hours, the Russian Air Force launched large-scale attacks on IS groups around Aleppo, Hama, and Raqqa provinces in Syria, resulting in these casualties.

Russia has been intervening in the Syrian civil war by dispatching its air force to Syria since September 2015, under the pretext of supporting counter-terrorism efforts to defeat the extremist armed group IS within Syria.

Using the Hmeimim Air Base in northwestern Syria and the Tartus Naval Base in the west as forward bases, Russia has been conducting large-scale airstrikes against IS strongholds and rebel forces fighting against the government troops of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, thereby supporting the government forces.

At the same time, Russia is leading international talks on ending the civil war and establishing peace, together with Iran, which supports the Syrian government forces, and Turkey, which sides with the rebels.

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