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Russia raid in Syria huge blow to Daesh: Analyst

Monday, 21 August 2017 2:38 PM [ Last Update: Monday, 21 August 2017 2:56 PM ]

In this photo provided by the Russian Defense Ministry Press Service, Russian Su-30 jet fighter takes off at Hmeimim air base in Syria on March 16, 2016. (Photo by AP)

An analyst believes Russia’s latest aerial attack on the Daesh terrorists in Syria is a heavy blow to the Takfiri group, adding that it is “a huge psychological strike” which has not been seen from the coalition forces led by the United States.

“It will be determinant [of] the way they behave, later on in the way they move [their] forces. So it will be very determinant [of] the way Daesh or ISIS behaves,” Ammar Waqqaf, a Syrian political activist, told Press TV in an interview on Monday.

“The Russian military today made a very huge statement by saying if you go out you are going to be hunted freely and this is going to be a huge blow,” he noted.

Russia’s Defense Ministry says its aircraft have eliminated more than 200 Daesh terrorists on their way to the eastern Syrian city of Dayr al-Zawr.

The operation also destroyed around 20 SUVs laden with large-caliber weapons and mortars, as well as armored vehicles, including tanks, the ministry said in a statement on Monday.

The city contains relatively large concentrations of the Takfiri group’s terrorists and is subject to offensives by both the Syrian Army and its allies, and Russian warplanes.

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