Russian Military Active In Syria: General Says

Russian forcesKABUL: (MEP) A senior Russian general said that its country has deployed a group of special forces in Syria to help conduct direct air raids in Syria.

Col. Gen. Alexander Dvornikov, a commander of the Russian contingent in Syria, said in an interview with the government daily Rossiyskaya Gazeta released Wednesday that special forces soldiers have conducted intelligence to pinpoint targets for Russian airstrikes in Syria. He said they also have helped direct aircraft during their missions and carried out other special tasks.

Col. Gen. Alexander Dvornikov
Col. Gen. Alexander Dvornikov

“The country’s military advisers are also helping their Syrian colleagues to plan and conduct the warfare against terrorists and learn to handle the Russian military hardware” the Russian commander added.

He further added that similar units of the US Armed Forces and the armies of other coalition states were also operating in Syria.

Dvornikov said that the ongoing Syrian army offensive on the historic town of Palmyra will “cut the Islamic State group of forces in two and open the road to Raqqa and Deir ez-Zor, and create conditions for reaching the border with Iraq and establishing control over it.”

Up to six of the Russian personnel deployed to Syria have so far been reportedly killed, with the latest being a major in the interior ministry troops whose death emerged on Wednesday.

 

 

 

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