US Spy Plane Spotted Flying over Russian Fleet in Syrian Waters

A US Navy reconnaissance plane was spotted flying over the Russian fleet in Eastern Mediterranean Sea where the warships recently launched a heavy missile attack on ISIL positions inside Syria, media outlets disclosed on Saturday.

The sites that are monitoring flights reported that a P-8A Poseidon aircraft took off from the Naval Air Station Sigonella in Sicily Island and flew for several hours over Syria’s Mediterranean coast where Russia’s naval task force launched multiple missile strikes on ISIL's strongholds in Syria.

The Russian defense ministry said on Friday that two Russian Navy frigates and a submarine fired six Kalibr cruise missiles on ISIL's targets in Syria.

The missiles were launched from Russian Navy frigates, the Admiral Essen and the Admiral Grigorovich, as well as a submarine, the Krasnodar, from the Eastern Mediterranean, the Defense Ministry said in a Friday statement.

Militants who survived the attack were later killed in airstrikes.

The strikes targeted ISIL command and control centers, as well as ammunition depots in the Syrian province of Hama.

"Today’s precision strike hit a large ISIL ammunition depot near the town of Aqirbat, which detonated after receiving a direct hit," the Defense Ministry statement noted.

The remaining targets were destroyed in subsequent airstrikes, the ministry said. Russia warned Turkey and Israel about the attacks via military-to-military hotlines, it added.
 [farsnews.com]
24/6/17