Russia’s Aerospace Force has carried out 672
combat flights, hitting over 1,450 targets in the eastern part of Syria.
DEIR EZ-ZOR (Syria), December 4. /TASS/. Kurdish formations are ready to
provide security for Russia’s task force on the eastern bank of the Euphrates
River, the Russian Center for the Reconciliation of the Warring Sides in Syria
told journalists on Monday.
"Kurdish formations are ready to provide security for the Russian force grouping located on the eastern bank of the Euphrates," Co-Chairman of the Committee for Governance of the Eastern Euphrates Territories Mahmoud Nuri said.
"Kurdish formations are ready to provide security for the Russian force grouping located on the eastern bank of the Euphrates," Co-Chairman of the Committee for Governance of the Eastern Euphrates Territories Mahmoud Nuri said.
According
to Russia’s representative Major General Yevgeny Poplavsky, the officers
from the Russian Center for Reconciliation together with representatives of the
local authorities are working on ways to create conditions for the return of
civilians and humanitarian aid deliveries to areas on eastern bank of the
Euphrates River. The Russian general also said that Syria’s territory east of
the Euphrates would be liberated from terrorists in the coming days.
Nuri, in
turn, pointed out that the Kurdish militia had been effectively fighting
against the Islamic State (outlawed in Russia) under the Russian command, and
thanked Russia for helping bring peace back to Syria.
According
to the Russian Center for Reconciliation, the first meeting of the Committee
for Governance of the Eastern Euphrates Territories took place in the town of
Al-Salhiyah (Deir ez-Zor province) on December 3. A total of 23 delegates,
representing all the ethnic and religious groups residing east of the Euphrates
River, took part in the meeting.
Russia's aircraft
Russia’s
Aerospace Force has carried out 672 combat flights, hitting over 1,450 targets
in the eastern part of Syria’s Deir ez-Zor province, to provide support to
militia units formed by the eastern Euphrates tribes and the Kurds, a source in
the Russian Center for Reconciliation of the opposing sides in Syria told
reporters on Monday.
"In order to support the offensive conducted by the people’s militia formed by the eastern Euphrates tribes and the Kurdish militias, the Russian Aerospace Force carried out 672 sorties, hitting more than 1,450 targets," Russian Major General Yevgeny Poplavsky said at the first meeting of the Committee for administration of the eastern Euphrates areas.
The general
added that the militia units’ activities on the eastern bank of the Euphrates
River were being coordinated by the command of the Russian troops deployed to
Syria.
Poplavsky
also said that "the eastern Euphrates tribes’ militia units are completing
the operation against the ISIL [the former name of the Islamic State terror
group outlawed in Russia - TASS] terrorists in the eastern part of the Deir
ez-Zor province."
Source: ITAR-TASS 04-12-2017
