Tehran, Dec 16, IRNA – A Syrian army source said on Wednesday that 320 terrorists were killed and 109 oil tankers for ISIS were destroyed in the past 24 hours.


The source said in a statement to SANA that Russian Air Force in cooperation with Syrian Air Force carried out 59 sorties against 212 terrorist targets in Aleppo, Idleb, Lattakia, Hama, Homs, Hasaka and Raqqa.

The source added that during the sorties 320 terrorists were killed and 34 vehicles, 15 heavy-equipped vehicles, 2 tanks and BMP vehicle were destroyed.

The sorties also destroyed 94 oil tankers in Deir Ezzor and 15 oil tankers in Hasaka.

In Aleppo, at least 10 ISIS terrorists were killed during the sorties which targeted the gatherings and fortified positions of ISIS in addition to destroying 3 heavy-equipped vehicles, the source said.

Meanwhile in the central province of Homs, the source confirmed that a camouflaged base of ISIS was destroyed along with all ammunition depots, command centers and terrorists inside them in the area surrounding al-Qariatin city to the southeast of Homs city.

The Air Force destroyed an ISIS base which includes command centers and an ammunition dump in Maaret al-Numan area in Idleb province.

According to the Russian Army General Staff, the Russian Air Force destroyed since the 30th of September more than 1,200 of oil tankers for ISIS.

By IRNA