Russia confirms air strikes on Idlib

Moscow : The Russian military yesterday confirmed air strikes were carried out on Syria’s last major rebel stronghold Idlib with warplanes targeting the “terrorist” Al-Nusra Front on Tuesday. “Four planes of the Russian group at the Khmeimim airbase inflicted strikes by high-precision weapons on objects of the Al-Nusra Front terrorist group in the Idlib province,” the Russian military’s spokesman Igor Konashenkov said in a statement. He said the strikes were conducted on September 4 “during the dark time of day,” without specifying if it was early morning or night time. “The strike was conducted on terrorist stockpiles located outside residential areas, where unmanned aerial vehicles were stored, Konashenkov said.