One year ago acting at the behest of the Syrian government Russia launched an airborne campaign against the Daesh (ISIS/ISIL) forces threatening the Middle Eastern country. Russian airborne assets deployed to Syria, supported by warships operating in the Caspian Sea and in the Mediterranean, helped turn the tide of the conflict and played a pivotal role in a number of important military operations conducted against Daesh by the Syrian Arab Army which managed to regain much of the territory previosly lost to the terrorists.
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Russian pilots prepare to board a Su-30 fighter aircraft ready for takeoff at Hmeymim airbase in Syria.
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Russian Su-30 fighter aircraft lands at Hmeymim airbase in Syria.
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Russian ground personnel mount an X-25 precision-guided rocket on a Su-24 attack aircraft's hardpoint at Hmeymim airbase in Syria.
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A bomb bearing an inscription "For our guys", mounted on a Su-34 strike fighter's hardpoint at Hmeymim airbase in Syria.
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Russian warships fire a salvo of Kalibr-NK cruise missiles at Daesh targets in the Syrian provinces of Raqqa, Idlib and Aleppo.
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Russian Aerospace Forces pilot during a sortie in Syria.
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Russian Su-34 strike fighter carries out airstrikes in the Syrian provinces of Raqqa and Aleppo.
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A precision airstrike carried out by Russian forces against Daesh armored units in the vicinity of Idlib in Syria.
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Russian Su-25 attack aircraft that recently returned from Syria are seen at a military airfield near Primorsko-Akhtarsk in the Krasnodar Region of Russia.
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Russian servicemen in the mess hall at the Hmeymim airbase in Syria.
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Russian pilot stands next to a Mi-8AMSht military helicopter at Hmeymim airbase in Syria.
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Russian Ka-52 attack helicopters patrol the outskirts of the recently liberated Syrian town of Al-Qaryatayn.
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A rally staged in Tartus in support of the ongoing Russian aiborne campaign in Syria.
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Russian pilots stand next to an Su-24 attack aircraft at Hmeymim airbase in Syria.
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Russian Tu-160 strategic bomber aircraft fires a X-555 cruise missile at Daesh target located in Syria.
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Mariinsky Theater Orchestra led by conductor Valery Gergiyev performs in the Roman amphitheater in the ancient city of Palmyra liberated from Daesh terrorists.
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Su-25 close air support aircraft is being prepped for takeoff at Hmeymim airbase in Syria.
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S-400 Triumf air defense system deployed at Hmeymim airbase in Syria.
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Su-34 strike fighter pilots who recently returned from Syria, are greeted at an airfield near Voronezh.
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Russian Su-24 attack aircraft at Hmeymim airbase in Syria.
