Russian air force and Syrian military destroyed at least 100 terrorists over the day

The Russian Aerospace Forces together with the Syrian military destroyed at least 100 militants during the day as part of the operation to repel terrorist aggression in Idlib, Hama and Aleppo provinces. This was reported on December 2 by the deputy head of the Russian Center for Reconciliation of Enemy Parties in Syria, Captain First Rank Oleg Ignasyuk.

"Over the past 24 hours, missile and bomb strikes were carried out on the places where militants and equipment are concentrated, strongholds, fuel and ammunition depots, columns of equipment, MLRS and field artillery positions, control points. At least 100 terrorists were destroyed," he said at the briefing.

Ignasyuk noted that on the part of the US-led coalition aviation committed 12 violations of airspace in the skies over Syria during the day.

"Over the day on the part of the "coalition" recorded four cases of violation of the protocols of deconfliction of December 9, 2019, related to uncoordinated flights of unmanned aerial vehicles with the Russian side. "Eight violations of the rules of use of the airspace of the Syrian Arab Republic by the aviation of the "coalition" were recorded in the area of al-Tanf during the day - two pairs (two times each) of F-15 fighter jets," he pointed out.

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Earlier, on December 1, the Russian Aerospace Forces (VKS) together with the Syrian military over the day destroyed at least 320 militants and 63 pieces of equipment as part of the operation to repel terrorist aggression in Idlib, Hama and Aleppo.

Before that, on November 29, the Syrian Army eliminated hundreds of terrorists in Aleppo and Idlib. The Syrian army continues its offensive against all the points where the militants have entrenched themselves. In addition, the army managed to dislodge radical Islamists from part of the positions. The combat work of the Syrian soldiers continues.

On November 28, the Syrian Ministry reported that terrorist groups launched a major attack in Aleppo and Idlib, and the Syrian Army began to repel it, inflicting serious damage to the militants' equipment and manpower.

At the same time, the deputy head of the Central Military Forces in the Syrian Arab Republic, Captain First Rank Oleg Ignasyuk, said that the Syrian military, with the support of the Russian Air and Space Forces, had killed at least 400 radical Islamists.