Russian Air Force Stalks Jihadist Positions across Idlib as Syrian Army Offensive Approaches

According to the military source, the Russian IL-20 spy plane was conducting flights early this morning around the demilitarized zone; they would often circle certain areas with a large presence of Tahrir Al-Sham Hay’at terrorists, massdar news reported.

The Russian Air Force has been conducting these surveillance flights above the Idlib province for three-day straight.

The military source said the Russian Air Force is conducting these flights in order to gather new information about the jihadist rebels before the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) launches their upcoming offensive.

The new Syrian Army operation will target the jihadist rebels that have refused to leave the Idlib buffer zone, despite repeated warnings by their forces and the Russian military.

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