"Long-range Tu-22 bombers carried out strikes against targets of the terrorist organisation of IS in the province of Raqa and Deir Ezzor," minister Sergei Shoigu said, adding that cruise missile strikes had also hit Aleppo and Idlib provinces.
President Vladimir Putin had vowed vengeance as Moscow on Tuesday confirmed that a bomb attack brought down a Russian passenger jet over Egypt last month, killing all 224 people on board.
Putin pledged to ramp up Moscow's bombing campaign in Syria in response to the attack but stopped short of blaming any one group as the country's security agency announced a $50 million (47 million-euro) reward for information leading to capture of those responsible.
"The combat work of our aviation in Syria must not only be continued. It must be intensified so that the criminals understand that vengeance is inevitable," Putin said.
A US defense official said that Russia on Tuesday staged a "significant number" of air strikes on the Islamic State group stronghold of Raqqa in Syria that may have involved cruise missiles fired from sea and long range bombers.
France has ratcheted up its strikes against IS targets around Raqa since the bloody attacks in Paris and President Francois Hollande said he will try to meet US President Obama and Putin in the coming days to discuss the fight against the jihadist group.
The security meeting and the announcement on the bomb attack came shortly after Putin returned from discussing the Syria conflict with world leaders including President Barack Obama at the G20 summit in Turkey........http://www.i24news.tv/en/news/international/92697-151117-russia-s-security-chief-says-plane-over-sinai-downed-in-terror-act
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Poutine: élaborer un "plan d'action conjoint" avec la Marine française en Syrie...
ReplyDeleteIl convient d’élaborer avec la Marine française un plan d’action commun, tant en mer que dans les airs, a déclaré mardi le président russe Vladimir Poutine.
"Prochainement, un groupe naval français dirigé par un porte-avions arrivera dans votre zone d’action. Il faut prendre contact avec les Français et travailler avec eux comme avec des alliés", a indiqué le chef de l’Etat russe lors d’une rencontre avec le ministre russe de la Défense Sergueï Choïgou au Centre national de commandement de la défense russe.
"Le chef de l’état-major russe et le ministre de la Défense ont reçu les instructions ad hoc. Il faudra élaborer avec eux un plan d’actions conjoint tant en mer que dans les airs", a-t-il déclaré.
Le président russe a dans ce cadre chargé le croiseur Moskva de prendre contact avec le groupe naval dirigé par le porte-avions Charles de Gaulle dans le cadre de la lutte contre l’Etat islamique........... http://fr.sputniknews.com/international/20151117/1019591758/Poutine-moskva-marine-France.html#ixzz3rlSebd9L
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