Russia’s Air Force is conducting do-zens of airstrikes in Syria daily to support the Free Syrian Army fighting alon-gside government troops against Islamic militants, the chief of Russian Arm-y’s gene
Russia’s Air Force is conducting do-zens of airstrikes in Syria daily to support the Free Syrian Army fighting alon-gside government troops against Islamic militants, the chief of Russian Arm-y’s general staff was quoted as saying on Monday.
The number of Free Syrian Army fighters now advancing in the provinces of Homs, Hama, Aleppo an-d Raqqa now exceeds 5,000, Russian news agencies quoted Valery Gerasimov as telling a meeting with foreign military attaches accredited in Russia. “The number of these Free Syr-ian Army units is rising all the time,” Gen. Gerasimov said. “Only to support the-m, Russia’s aviation is conducting daily 30-40 strikes. They are also provided with weapons, ammunition and material support,” Gen. Gerasimov said.
Meanwhile, Russia on Monday said a summit bet-ween President Vladimir Putin and Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan pencilled in for December 15 had been cancelled, with ties between the two leaders in tatters over the downing of a Russian warplane.
The meeting between the two strongmen had been agreed at the G20 summit in Turkey, over a week before Ankara shot down one of Moscow’s warplanes at the Syrian border. “It will not take place. It is not planned,” Kremlin spoke-sman Dmitry Peskov said.
