The aircraft of the Russian Federation began prospecting flights in the sky of Iraq
The Air Force of Russia on Sunday carried out more than 20 prospecting flights over Mukhafaza Deyr-ez-zore, shooting scenes of moving of divisions and groups of supply of IGIL on the strategic route in Al-Anbar’s province in the west of Iraq.
According to a military source in the Syrian Arab army, the Air Force of Russia notified officers of the 104th brigade of airborne forces of the Republican guard deployed in Deyr-ez-zore that from military and air base flights of the Russian aircraft over the province are carried out, having added that they are made only in the prospecting purposes. The Russian group coordinates all departures of the planes with military and air forces of Syria (SAAF) to supervise movement of terrorist groups.
At carrying out these flights over the cities of Deyr-ez-zore, the province Al-Mayadeen, Abukamaal and Mohassan, the Air Force of Russia repeatedly crossed the Iraq border and entered into air space of the province of Al-Anbar where to the east at the city of Al-Heel shot scenes of moving of the IGIL terrorist groups.
It already the second case for last two weeks when the Russian planes broke air space of Iraq, – writes The Arab Sourse. However, the military source in SAA argues that Russian военныеи received the sanction of the Iraq Armed forces on crossing of their border by the planes.
Meanwhile, the USA at the head of anti-ИГИЛовской coalitions, on Sunday made airstrikes on Deyr-ez-zor and Al-Mukhafaza Anbar. A number of the Arab sites reports that many terrorists, including a band in a neighborhood of the city of Al-Kaim located near border of Syria and Iraq were destroyed.