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Russia using Iranian airbase for anti-ISIS campaign Aug 17, 2016 19:13:51 GMT -5

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Russia using Iranian airbase for anti-ISIS campaign

AFP, 17/08/16

(AFP) - Russia on Wednesday launched warplanes from Iran for the second time to bomb the Islamic State group in Syria, denying the action violated a UN Security Council resolution.

The strikes came after Russia on Tuesday began flying warplanes from an Iranian airbase in a major switch in its bombing campaign in Syria, prompting concern from the United States.

On Wednesday, Russian Sukhoi-34 jets took off from the Hamedan base in western Iran and carried out a group aerial strike against ISIS targets in Deir Ezzor province, the defense ministry said in a statement, calling the operation a success.

The strikes with high-explosive fragmentation bombs "destroyed two command centers and large field camps for training terrorists in the area of the town of Deir Ezzor, killing more than 150 fighters including foreign mercenaries," the ministry said.

Russia had previously only flown raids out of its bases in Syria and Russia.

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Russia using Iranian airbase for anti-ISIS campaign Aug 17, 2016 19:16:14 GMT -5

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State Dept.: Russian bombing raid from Iran is 'unfortunate'

Arutz Sheva Staff, 17/08/16

The United States on Tuesday bemoaned Russia's use of an Iranian air base to launch a bombing raid in Syria, but credited Moscow for having given a brief advance warning, AFP reported.

Earlier on Tuesday, Russia's defense ministry said long-range bombers and fighter jets took off from the Hamedan base in western Iran and "conducted a group air strike against targets of the Islamic State (ISIS) and the Jabhat Al-Nusra terrorist groups" in the Syrian provinces of Aleppo, Deir Ezzor and Idlib.

"It's unfortunate, but not surprising or unexpected," State Department spokesman Mark Toner said.

"Frankly, that only makes more difficult what is already a very contentious and complex and difficult situation, he added, according to AFP.

"And it only pushes us further away from what we're all... trying to pursue, which is a credible nation-wide cessation of hostilities and a political process in Geneva that leads to a peaceful transition," continued Toner.

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Russia using Iranian airbase for anti-ISIS campaign Aug 17, 2016 19:37:51 GMT -5

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Russia-Iran cooperation in Syria sends message to US

By Bradley Klapper August 17, 2016

WASHINGTON (AP) — Russia’s use of an Iranian air base to bomb targets in Syria sends a message to Washington as it weighs a military partnership with Moscow: Join us or we’ll look to your enemies.

Tuesday’s missions were unprecedented. Iran allowed Russian warplanes to take off from its territory to strike opposition targets in Syria. The move came with little notice to the United States, which has watched helplessly the escalating bloodshed near Aleppo, the country’s biggest city, and even offered an alliance with Russia against Islamic State and other extremist fighters as a way to get Syria’s government out of the fight.

The negotiations have dragged on for weeks. Russia has grown impatient, with top officials several times suggesting an imminent deal, only to have American officials counter that the sides weren’t close. The bombing runs from a base near the Iranian city of Hamedan, 175 miles southwest of Tehran, may have been a reminder to the Obama administration that Moscow could be cozying up to Iran if Washington doesn’t come around.

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Russia using Iranian airbase for anti-ISIS campaign Aug 17, 2016 20:10:24 GMT -5

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Krauthammer: 'Naive' Obama Admin Has Left Russia & Iran Unchecked in Middle East

Published on Aug 16, 2016

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