Courtesy: Defense Ministry of Russia
Islamic State terrorists have started moving tanks and other heavy weaponry along Euphrates river to the Deir ez-Zor area in an attempt to hold their positions in the region following the successful offensive of the Syrian Army, the Russian defense ministry has said.
Russian Air Force is conducting air strikes against extremists in the area.Over the last 24 hours, Russian aircraft destroyed “four tanks, 16 all-terrain vehicles with high-caliber machine guns mounted on them as well as two fortified positions that had gun lines,” ministry’s statement says.
RT LIVE http://rt.com/on-air
Subscribe to RT! http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=RussiaToday
Like us on Facebook http://www.facebook.com/RTnews
Follow us on Twitter http://twitter.com/RT_com
Follow us on Instagram http://instagram.com/rt
Follow us on Google+ http://plus.google.com/+RT
Listen to us on Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/rttv
RT (Russia Today) is a global news network broadcasting from Moscow and Washington studios. RT is the first news channel to break the 1 billion YouTube views benchmark.
