https://sputnikglobe.com/20170906/russia-daesh-nusra-front-syria-1057132758.html
Operation Against Daesh, al-Nusra Front to Continue Until Their Destruction
Operation Against Daesh, al-Nusra Front to Continue Until Their Destruction
Sputnik International
The ongoing operation against Daesh and al-Nusra Front in Syria will continue until the terrorists are completely eliminated, the Russian General Staff said on... 06.09.2017, Sputnik International
2017-09-06T09:41+0000
2017-09-06T09:41+0000
2017-09-06T11:40+0000
https://cdn1.img.sputnikglobe.com/img/105150/04/1051500471_47:0:1045:564_1920x0_80_0_0_f1564e782d73a4455d4c83536428cb23.jpg
russia
syria
Sputnik International
feedback@sputniknews.com
+74956456601
MIA „Rossiya Segodnya“
2017
Sputnik International
feedback@sputniknews.com
+74956456601
MIA „Rossiya Segodnya“
News
en_EN
Sputnik International
feedback@sputniknews.com
+74956456601
MIA „Rossiya Segodnya“
https://cdn1.img.sputnikglobe.com/img/105150/04/1051500471_97:0:995:564_1920x0_80_0_0_98616f135c7defae4264e1c6a855715e.jpgSputnik International
feedback@sputniknews.com
+74956456601
MIA „Rossiya Segodnya“
middle east, newsfeed, russia, syria, sergey rudskoy, russian general staff, al-nusra front, daesh, the syrian war
middle east, newsfeed, russia, syria, sergey rudskoy, russian general staff, al-nusra front, daesh, the syrian war
Operation Against Daesh, al-Nusra Front to Continue Until Their Destruction
09:41 GMT 06.09.2017 (Updated: 11:40 GMT 06.09.2017) The ongoing operation against Daesh and al-Nusra Front in Syria will continue until the terrorists are completely eliminated, the Russian General Staff said on Wednesday.
"The operation to destroy Daesh and al-Nusra Front terrorists in Syria will continue as long as it takes to eliminate them completely," Main Operational Directorate of the Russian General Staff chief Col. Gen. Sergei Rudskoy said.
Russia's operation against terrorists in Syria began on September 30, 2015, at the request of President Bashar Assad.
6 September 2017, 09:38 GMT
On Tuesday, the Syrian Army, backed by the Russian Aerospace Forces, managed to break the three-year Daesh siege of the city of Deir ez-Zor. In a telephone conversation with Deir ez-Zor defense commanders,
Assad congratulated the city's defenders.
The Russian Defense Ministry highlighted that Daesh's defeat near Deir ez-Zor will become a strategic loss to the terrorists in Syria.