The IS-affiliated Sinai Province group claimed responsibility for the attack in which 224 people died, saying it was revenge for Russia’s intervention in Syria.
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Russian politicians have said the Paris attack underscores the need for the West and the Kremlin to bury their differences and join forces to take on militants in Syria.
Syrian troops backed by Russian airstrikes captured areas from the Islamic State group in the central province of Homs on Monday, in the latest push since the aerial campaign began almost two months ago, state media and a monitoring group said.
Moscow’s warplanes have carried out a staggering 394 sorties in just the last three days, hitting 731 rebel targets across Syria.
Russian Embassy officials tweeted a photograph of the bomb attached to a warplane today as its army destroyed 15 oil refining and storage facilities in Syria. He said this deprived IS of $1.5 million in daily income from oil sales.
Russian Federation also unleashed cruise missiles from warships in the Caspian Sea at targets across Syria, as Moscow kept up its intensified bombardments in the already war-torn country.
On Wednesday Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said if the West wanted an worldwide coalition against Islamic State, it must drop its demands for Assad’s ouster.
Russian aircraft have been delivering strikes against facilities of the Islamic State terrorist organization in Syria since September 30 at the request of Syrian President Bashar Assad.
The Russians and the French are now coordinating attacks on ISIS stronghold.
A Russian air force Tu-160 bomber, top, is escorted by an Su-30SM on a combat mission against a target in Syria. “With the arrival of the Charles de Gaulle warship to the Syrian shore we will organize joint military operations”.
Russian Federation have tweeted a picture of a missile which they plan to fire at Isis with “That’s for Paris” written on the side.
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A spokesman for Erbil International Airport said a change in the missiles’ route had brought them “uncomfortably close” to the airport, without providing more details. The pictures were also broadcast on the Russian state TV.
