webfact Posted September 8, 2017 Share Posted September 8, 2017 Russia says its air strike kills several top IS commanders in Syria MOSCOW (Reuters) - A Russian air strike has killed around 40 Islamic State fighters, including four senior commanders, near the eastern Syrian city of Deir al-Zor, Russia's defence ministry said on Friday. The strike, carried out by Su-34 fighter-bombers and Su-35 fighters, came after an intelligence report on Sept. 5 showed that top Islamic State commanders were meeting at a secret underground command post in the vicinity of Deir al-Zor, the ministry said on its Facebook page. Among those killed was Abu Muhammad al-Shimali, who oversees foreign fighters at IS, it said. The defence ministry also said it had evidence that Gulmurod Khalimov, Islamic State's "minister of war", was present at the meeting in the bunker and had been fatally wounded in the strike and evacuated to the al-Muhasan area, 20 km (13 miles) southeast of Deir al-Zor. Khalimov, the U.S.-trained commander of Tajikistan's elite police force, defected to Islamic State in April 2015 and later posted a video address, vowing to return home to establish sharia law in his Central Asian nation and to take jihad to Russia and the United States. A top official at Tajikistan's national security service told Russia's RIA news agency that Moscow had been asked to provide details proving Khalimov's elimination. On Tuesday Syrian government forces, supported by Russian air strikes and cruise missile launches, reached troops besieged for years by Islamic State in Deir al-Zor, the militants' last major stronghold in Syria. (Reporting by Vladimir Soldatkin; Additional reporting by Dmitry Solovyov; Editing by Gareth Jones) -- © Copyright Reuters 2017-09-08 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canuckamuck Posted September 8, 2017 Share Posted September 8, 2017 Good Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dustdevil Posted September 9, 2017 Share Posted September 9, 2017 Good, if you can believe anything the Russian government says. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caps Posted September 10, 2017 Share Posted September 10, 2017 keep up the good work Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stargeezr Posted September 10, 2017 Share Posted September 10, 2017 Keep up the good work of killing ISIL and especially its leaders until they are all dead and gone to Hell. Geezer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Posted September 10, 2017 Share Posted September 10, 2017 A troll post has been removed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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