Since the beginning of the air campaign, the Russian Aerospace Forces have carried out several hundred airstrikes, killing multiple militants and destroying command centers, training camps and ammunition depots.
"One hundred percent, no doubt [the Russian operation would expedite the Syrian Army’s victory]. It has become a new step in the development of events on the combat scene and is ensuring favorable ground for new developments of the Syrian Army on the ground which we are now witnessing," Haidar told RIA Novosti in an interview.
Following the start of the Russian air campaign, Syrian General Staff Lt.-Gen. Ali Abdullah Ayyoub said that the country's Armed Forces had launched a large-scale operation to retake occupied areas from terrorists.
