Russia Takes Command Of Fsa

Ouch! Said Mr McCain

Russia delivers up to 40 airstrikes daily to help Free Syrian Army fight terrorists

Warplanes of the Russian task force in Syria deliver 30 to 40 airstrikes daily in support of the Free Syrian Army, the General Staff reports. Some 5,000 FSA troops together with the Syrian Army are on the offensive in Hama, Homs, Aleppo and Raqqa provinces.

The number of FSA personnel who have come over to the Syrian Army is constantly growing, Russia’s Defense Force Chief of Staff, Army General Valery Gerasimov, said.

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He added that Russia’s task force in Syria is also supplying FSA units with “weapons, munitions and other material supplies.” In this way, Russia is “promoting the [Syrian] government troops and opposition groups joining efforts to defeat the terrorists,” the general said.

On Monday, a Russian presidential aide for military and technical cooperation rebuked claims about Moscow shipping weapons to the FSA.

“No,” Vladimir Kozhin told media while answering a question about alleged arms supplies, RIA Novosti reported.

According to the General Staff, for the purpose of cutting off the terrorists’ financing, Russian jets bomb oil-processing infrastructure controlled by Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS/ISIL), such as oil refineries, oil pipeline pumping stations and oil tankers en route to the Turkish border.

SOURCE https://www.rt.com/news/325834-russia-strikes-support-fsa/