June 17, 2017
OUR HESSIANS:
Russia claims it killed two more Islamic State commanders in Syria: Ifax (Reuters, 6/17/17)
The Russian defense ministry said on Saturday it had killed two Islamic State field commanders, named as Abu Omar al-Beljiki and Abu Yassin al-Masri, in air strikes near the eastern Syrian city of Deir al-Zor, Interfax news agency reported. [...]The Russian defense ministry said on Saturday it killed around 180 militants and the two commanders al-Beljiki and al-Masri in air strikes close to Deir al-Zor on June 6 and June 8.
Posted by Orrin Judd at June 17, 2017 12:52 PM
