Konashenkov said one of the targets hit near Aleppo was a concealed base for military vehicles, which he said had received a direct hit from an Su-24M bomber.
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The jihadists are now just over 10 kilometers (6 miles) from the northern edges of Aleppo city, edging closer to the front line where pro-regime forces are positioned, including the Sheikh Najjar industrial zone.
Iranian military commander Brigadier General Hossein Hamedani has been killed in Syria.
France is part of a broad, U.S.-led coalition trying to defeat the Islamic State and has provided weapons and other support for its preferred Syrian rebel groups.
But the campaign, which has dramatically changed the landscape of the war, appears to have mainly struck other rebel groups, a few of whom had been battling to stop the Islamic State advance across Aleppo province.
However, the Observatory said there had been no significant advances by government forces backed by allied militia in areas where ground offensives were launched this week.
French Defence Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said Friday that “80 to 90 per cent” of Russian strikes in Syria were aimed at propping up Assad, Moscow’s long-term ally.
On Wednesday, Moscow upped the ante with the launch of an unprecedented series of cruise missile attacks from warships in the Caspian Sea to cover a Syrian army ground offensive against rebels seeking the ouster of Russian ally President Bashar al-Assad.
“In contrast to CNN, we do not talk with reference to anonymous sources”, the Russian Defence Ministry said.
“I’m sure ISIS has sleeper cells in Aleppo”, Hassan said.
US proposals were outlined during a secure video conference between the USA and Russian militaries on October 1 and they included maintaining a safe distance between American and Russian aircraft and using common radio frequencies for distress calls.
Meanwhile, the US State Department has explained its decision to stop training moderate Syrian rebels.
In its first comments on recent Russian airstrikes in Syria, the Cairo-based Arab League on Thursday declared that foreign intervention would not help resolve the ongoing conflict in the war-torn country.
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While USA officials have talked of coordinating efforts with Russian Federation to defeat the IS forces that have been the West’s primary concern, Moscow’s target selection so far indicates little common objective with Washington.
