Over 90% of Syrian Territory Free from Daesh, Says Russian Daily
As the Arab Syrian Army and its allies continue their advances against Takfiri militants, a Russian daily affiliated with the country’s defense minister says more than 90 percent of Syrian territory are free from the control of the Daesh terrorists.
A total of 92 percent of Syria’s land is now from the control of Daesh terrorists, according to information published in Krasnaya Zvezda (Red Star) newspaper on Thursday.
The daily further said that Russian fighter jets conducted 517 sorties in the past week, destroying 1,260 Daesh targets.
Meanwhile, Colonel General Sergei Rudskoi of the Russian military’s General Staff said on Friday that Russian jets hit 993 Daesh targets in the area of Dayr al-Zawr alone in 383 sorties over the past week.
He also noted that the area under the control of Daesh has shrunk to 14,800 square kilometers (5,714 square miles), or less than 8 percent of Syrian territory.
Rudskoi further said that the Syrian troops have been successfully developing its offensive on the eastern bank of the Euphrates River.
He also noted that Daesh counter-attacks involving over 1,000 terrorists who moved from Iraq have been thwarted.
Rudskoi added that the Syrian forces are working to purge the troubled city of Mayadin in Dayr al-Zawr of the Takfiri militants.
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