[ALMASDARNEWS] The Syrian and Russian air forces are working overtime tonight, striking several areas under the control of the Islamic State...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling
Allaharound with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not
reallyMoslems....
of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS) in eastern Syria.
A Russian air battalion led the way tonight, targeting the Islamic State's positions inside the Deir Ezzor Governorate.
The Russian attack was followed by a series of Syrian
In addition to the attack on Deir Ezzor, the Syrian and Russian air force struck the Islamic State's defenses at the al-Sha'er Oil Fields, paving the way for another Syrian Army advance near Well 101.
The Russian and Syrian air forces conducted over 55