More than 100 people killed on Friday in double air strikes on northern city of Aleppo by Syrian regime and key ally Russia, activists said amid claims by state-run media that the deadly aerial attacks have targeted ISIS strongholds.
Russian warplanes have mounted a new wave of air strikes since Thursday night in northwestern and western Syria, a Syrian military source and state TV said on Friday.
The source said the 18 air strikes were in the provinces of Idlib, Hama and Aleppo and were against Islamic State targets.
The air strikes however appeared at least partly focused on areas hit earlier this week by the Russians where Islamic State has little or no presence.
Activists said more than 80 people have lost their lives in al-Bab town near Aleppo while 20 others passed away in regime air strikes on Deir Hafer town.
An official representative of the Russian Defense Ministry, Major-General Igor Konashenkov, reported that aircraft of the Russian Air Force have destroyed a command and training posts of ISIS militants in Syria.
"Su-34 aircraft have struck a training camp of the Islamic State near the settlement of Malan-Jadid, and a command post in the area of Qasert-Faraj, to the south-east off the town of Rakka," RIA Novosti quoted the official as saying, Pravda.Ru reports.
Insurgents operating in Idlib and Hama provinces are mostly from rebel groups battling to topple President Bashar al-Assad. Those groups also have a foothold in Aleppo province, where Islamic State also operates, Reuters said.
Separately, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said at least 12 Islamic State fighters had been killed in a Russian air strike in Raqqa province on Thursday. The province is mostly under Islamic State control.
Russian warplanes have mounted a new wave of air strikes since Thursday night in northwestern and western Syria, a Syrian military source and state TV said on Friday.
The source said the 18 air strikes were in the provinces of Idlib, Hama and Aleppo and were against Islamic State targets.
The air strikes however appeared at least partly focused on areas hit earlier this week by the Russians where Islamic State has little or no presence.
Activists said more than 80 people have lost their lives in al-Bab town near Aleppo while 20 others passed away in regime air strikes on Deir Hafer town.
An official representative of the Russian Defense Ministry, Major-General Igor Konashenkov, reported that aircraft of the Russian Air Force have destroyed a command and training posts of ISIS militants in Syria.
"Su-34 aircraft have struck a training camp of the Islamic State near the settlement of Malan-Jadid, and a command post in the area of Qasert-Faraj, to the south-east off the town of Rakka," RIA Novosti quoted the official as saying, Pravda.Ru reports.
Insurgents operating in Idlib and Hama provinces are mostly from rebel groups battling to topple President Bashar al-Assad. Those groups also have a foothold in Aleppo province, where Islamic State also operates, Reuters said.
Separately, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said at least 12 Islamic State fighters had been killed in a Russian air strike in Raqqa province on Thursday. The province is mostly under Islamic State control.
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