Russia has launched bombing missions in Syria from Iran for the first time as the two countries continue to support Bashar al-Assad’s regime.
The Russian ministry of defence said planes had struck targets in Aleppo Deir ez-Zor and Idlib provinces on Tuesday.
A spokesperson said long-range Tu-23M3 long-range bombers and Su-34 fighters took off from a base in Hamadan to strike “targets belonging to the Islamic State and Jabhat al-Nusra terrorist groups”.
It said command centres, training camps and weapons depots were destroyed in Saraqib, al-Bab, Aleppo and Deir ez-Zor, and a “significant number“ of militants killed.
