Actually, the show of force of the Russian Air Force was also an opportunity to test a few new “hardware” as the new KH-101 low-observable cruise missile. “We will continue with a combination of coalition targets and specific French requested targets for the foreseeable future”.
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“The first target destroyed was used by ISIS as a commanding post”.
Obama huddled with Putin during a working lunch and the two agreed on the need for a Syrian-led transition including U.N.-mediated talks, the White House official said.
Russian Federation gave the United States advanced warning of the attacks, the official said. “Next we strafed the area [with 30mm cannons] before the dropping bombs” from the warthogs.
“We will redouble our efforts, working with other members of the coalition, to bring about a peaceful transition in Syria and to eliminate Daesh as a force that can create so much pain and suffering for people in Paris, in Ankara, and in other parts of the globe”, he said, using the Arabic acronym for Islamic State.
“Raqqa is the capital of ISIS in Syria”. The original Operation Tidal Wave was a US operation against Nazi oil infrastructure in World War II.
The French interior minister, Bernard Cazeneuve, said the attack on Paris was masterminded by terrorist leaders within Syria, who “commissioned” operatives in Belgium to carry out the assault.
Less than 24 hours later, a few 10 fighter jets pummeled the ISIS-held city of Raqqa with at least 20 bombs, according to the French defence ministry.
The French strikes were launched from bases in the United Arab Emirates and Jordan, according to a statement from the French military.
This week, the French aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle is expected to depart midweek from Toulon and sail to the Persian Gulf to begin strikes against ISIS.
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However, there were no reports of airstrikes or missile attacks on IS or other terrorist group targets by Russian Federation over the weekend.
