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Syrian, Russian airstrikes destroy many IS targets in Syria

Xinhua, January 20, 2016 Adjust font size:

The Syrian air force in cooperation with the Russian warplanes have carried out 157 strikes against rebel positions over the past five days, hitting 579 rebel targets, state news agency said on Tuesday, citing a military source.

The airstrikes destroyed a fuel storage and a makeshift oil refinery as well as killing over 80 IS militants in Syria's northern province of al-Raqqa, the de facto capital of the IS group.

20 oil tankers were also destroyed as well as six convoys of armored vehicles, said SANA, adding that the convoy was heading from toward the northern province of Aleppo.

The Russian airstrikes have been striking the positions of the IS and likeminded groups in Syria since last September.

Government officials in Syria always hail the Russian involvement as efficient in dealing big blows to the radical insurgent groups in Syria, where over 250,000 people have reportedly been killed while half of the country's 23 million population were forced out of their homes. Endit