Russian jets strike Daesh targets in Syria's al-Bab for first time
Russia targeted Daesh positions in Syria's al-Bab in airstrikes carried out on Wednesday for the first time, as Turkey is carrying out Operation Euphrates Shield to clean terrorists from the region and the Syrian opposition and Assad regime announced a ceasefire in the country.
According to reports, Russian jets hit Daesh targets located in southern al-Bab, while Turkey is focusing on the central part.
Turkey launched the operation on al-Bab as part of Operation Euphrates Shield, launched
on Aug. 24, which aims to eliminate terror threats to Turkey's southern borders posed by Daesh and PKK's Syrian offshoots, the Democratic Union Party (PYD) and its armed wing, the People's Protection Units (YPG).
Located 30 kilometers from the Turkish border, al-Bab used to be home to around 64,000 people, mainly Sunni Arabs, before the Syrian civil war erupted in 2011.
Operation Euphrates Shield has been pushing southward to clear Daesh from al-Bab, forming a 5,000-square-kilometer terror-free zone comprising the towns of al-Bab, al-Rai, Azaz, Jarablus and Manbij.
http://www.dailysabah.com/syrian-cr...daesh-targets-in-syrias-al-bab-for-first-time
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Funny how Russia is giving a message to the US and other western coalition members, who still refuse to assist against isis at al-Bab, that Russia on the contrary will bomb isis. US lost some face again.