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Russia launches new wave of air raids in Syria
This image made from footage taken from Russian Defense Ministry official website on Friday, Oct. 2, 2015, shows another attack made from a fighter jet in Syria.

Damascus - Russian military spokesman Major General Igor Konashenkov said a Daesh command post and a weapons storage bunker were destroyed.

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Published: Sat 3 Oct 2015, 3:49 PM

Last updated: Sat 3 Oct 2015, 8:13 PM

Russian warplanes have attacked the Daesh group and other insurgents in central and northern Syria with a wave of new airstrikes, Syrian and Russian military officials said on Saturday.
Russian military spokesman Major General Igor Konashenkov said the warplanes flew 20 missions in Syria over the past day, hitting nine Daesh targets. He said a Daesh command post and a weapons storage bunker were destroyed in the area of Raqqa.
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In Damascus, an unnamed Syrian military official was quoted by state TV as saying that the "concentrated and precise" airstrikes destroyed a command centre in the central town of Latamneh in Hama province and targeted positions in the northwestern areas of Jisr Al Shughour and Maaret Al Numan.
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Konashenkov said equipment and weapons storage facilities were destroyed in a strike near Jisr Al Shughour and an ammunition depot was destroyed in Maaret Al Numan.
The Daesh group has no presence in the northwestern province of Idlib, which includes Jisr Al Shughour and Maaret Al Numan.
The Russian airstrikes that began on Wednesday have mainly targeted central and northwestern Syria.
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