Russia says Iran-based bombers struck militants in Syria: News agencies
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A frame grab from video footage released on the official website of the Russian Defence Ministry on Aug 14, 2016 shows a Russian TU-22M3 long-range strategic bomber dropping bombs, reportedly at targets in the districts of city of Dayr al-Zawr in Syria.
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MOSCOW (Reuters/AFP) - The Russian Defence Ministry said on Tuesday (Aug 16) that long-range Russian bombers based in Iran had struck a number of targets inside Syria.
"On August 16 Tu-22M3 long-range bombers and Su-34 frontline bombers, flying with a full bomb load from the Hamedan air base (Islamic Republic of Iran), conducted a group air strike against targets of the Islamic State and Jabhat al-Nusra terrorist groups in the provinces of Aleppo, Deir Ezzor and Idlib," a Defence Ministry statement carried by Russian news agencies said.
Russia's state-backed Rossiya 24 channel reported earlier on Tuesday that the Kremlin had deployed Tupolev-22 bombers at an air base near the Iranian city of Hamadan to carry out air strikes against militants in Syria.
