The Russian military is writing “For Paris” and “For Ours” on the bombs loading onto Russian war planes heading to Syria, as they show their friendship and solidarity with France following the brutal terrorist attacks last week. President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday pledged to intensify Russia’s air operation there after the Russian intelligence chief announced that a bomb brought down a Russian plane over Egypt on October 31, killing all 224 onboard.
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The figure supplied by the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights is more that double the overall toll it gave in its last report on the Russian campaign three weeks ago.
Glenn, who is also with the Crescent and Cross Solidarity Movement, noted that Washington has a far greater plan for the Middle East than just simply removing Syrian President Bashar al-Assad from power.
Moscow claimed to have killed more than 600 fighters after hitting seven targets in the Raqa, Idlib and Aleppo provinces, Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu was quoted as saying by Russian news agencies.
Unverified images have been circulating on the internet of Syria-bound USA missiles bearing the handwritten inscription “From Paris with love”.
The Russian president wants to form a coaltion with other nations to combat the Islamic State group after terror attacks in Mali left more Russians dead.
The US-led coalition fighting IS said on Monday it had destroyed 116 fuel trucks used by the jihadists in eastern Syria, in one of the largest raids in weeks.
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It has previously targeted oil installations under the control of Islamic State and said it aimed to cut the group’s main revenue stream. He said this deprived IS of US$1.5 million in daily income from oil sales.
