Russia’s Defense Ministry said
that the government forces destroyed 650 militants, two tanks and four IFVs and
18 all-terrain vehicles with heavy weaponry and other equipment.
MOSCOW, February 11. /TASS/. Syrian government forces supported by
Russian air strikes have retaken the town of Tadef, the most reinforced
position of Islamic State near the city of Al-Bab, and reached the contact line
with the Free Syrian Army as it was coordinated with Turkey, Russia’s Defense
Ministry said on Saturday.
"On February 11, during an offensive operation in the northwest of
the Aleppo province, the Syrian Armed Forces, supported by aviation of the
Russian Aerospace Force, have liberated from ISIS terrorists (previously known
as IS - eds. TASS) the populated locality of Tadef, the militants’ most
reinforced position near the city of Al-Bab," the ministry said in a
statement.
"The
offensive operation resulted in the Syrian government forces’ approach to the
contact line coordinated with the Turkish side," it said.
Russia’s
Defense Ministry said that the government forces destroyed 650 militants, two
tanks and four IFVs and 18 all-terrain vehicles with heavy weaponry and other
equipment.
"Moreover,
control has been regained over the road to Raqqa, along which ISIS military
groups in the town of Al-Bab have been supplied with weapons and
ammunition," the Russian defense ministry said.
Earlier on
Saturday, the Lebanese television channel Al-Manar said that Syrian government
forces were at a distance of 1.5 km from Al-Bab, besieged in the north and west
by Syrian opposition units supported by Turkish troops. In August 2016, Turkey
launched a military operation in northern Syria, code-named as Operation
Euphrates Shield.
Source: ITAR-TASS 12-02-2017
