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Monday, August 21, 2017, 17:23
Agencies: Russian jets kill over 200 IS militants
By Reuters
Monday, August 21, 2017, 17:23 By Reuters

The new Russian jet MIG 35 performs during an exhibition flight on July 18, 2017 at the annual air show MAKS 2017 in Zhukovsky, some 40 km outside Moscow. (Mladen ANTONOV / AFP)

MOSCOW - Russia's air force has destroyed a large column of Islamic State fighters on their way to the Syrian city of Deir al-Zor, killing over 200 militants, Russian news agencies cited Russia's Defence Ministry as saying on Monday.

Islamic State is concentrating its forces around Deir al-Zor after being pushed out of the south of Raqqa Province and the west of Homs Province by Syrian land forces and the Russian air force, the ministry said.

It said its planes had also destroyed the militants' military equipment. It did not say when the strike took place.

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