Syrian Army Pummels Terrorist Positions Following Russian Air Assaults

Russia's air campaign against the Islamic State in Syria added significantly to the Syrian Army's offensive on many fronts in the past 24 hours, media reports said.

Russian air strikes on Islamic State targets in Syria paved the way for the Syrian Army, which inflicted heavy casualties on different militant groups acting in Aleppo, Dara'a, Damascus, Homs, Sweida and Lattakia over the past 24 hours.

In Syria's second-largest city of Aleppo, an ISIL convoy loaded with weapons and ammunition was destroyed in an attack by the Syrian Army.

In a separate development, Syrian forces reportedly carried out a new round of offensives against the strongholds of two terrorist groups, the al-Nusra Front and Jeish al-Mujaheddin, in the northern countryside of Aleppo province.

#SYRIA In area of MAARET-AN-NUUMAN (#IDLIB) #Su34 bomber destroyed plant of Jabhat an-Nusra producing ammo and #IED

— Минобороны России (@mod_russia) 13 ноября 2015

In the province of Dara'a, at least 37 terrorists were killed in an array of attacks on militant groups conducted by the Syrian Army, the National Defense Forces and Hezbollah fighters.

#SYRIA Ammo depot with secretly delivered rockets purposed to revive bombardment of Syrian capital was destroyed near #MGAR,#DAMASCUS prov.

— Минобороны России (@mod_russia) 13 ноября 2015

Also, the Syrian Army advanced on the militant groups' defense lines in al-Ghizlan Farm and the town of al-Ghariya al-Sharqiya, with dozens of terrorists reportedly being killed or injured.

#SYRIA #Su24M hit #ISIS strong point near Taniyat al-Rugma passing(#HOMS) destroying terrorist fortifiications, 3 mortars & field ammo depot

— Минобороны России (@mod_russia) 13 ноября 2015

In a major breakthrough, the Syrian Army completely drove militant groups away from Marj al-Sultan Airbase and its surroundings in the eastern suburbs of the capital Damascus on Sunday. This became the army's second major victory after lifting the ISIL siege of Kuweires airbase early last week.

Additionally, scores of militants were killed in the Syrian provinces of Homs and Sweida. In was reported that Russian helicopters destroyed Islamic State positions near the city of Palmyra in Homs, killing dozens of Takfiri terrorists.

On September 30, more than fifty Russian aircraft, including Su-24M, Su-25 and Su-34 warplanes, commenced precision airstrikes on Islamic State targets in Syria at the behest of Syrian President Bashar Assad. Earlier that day, the Russian upper house of parliament unanimously supported the request of President Vladimir Putin to deploy units of the Russian Aerospace Forces abroad.

Syrian Ambassador to Russia Riad Haddad confirmed that Syrian Army strikes, supported by the Russian Aerospace Forces, were being carried out against armed terrorist organizations, not political opposition factions or civilians.