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Kazakhstan|life|October 3, 2017 / 12:27 PM
7 Daesh commanders, including native of Kazakhstan, killed in Syria: Russian Defense Ministry

AKIPRESS.COM - Russia's Aerospace Forces have taken out seven Daesh (ISIS) terrorist field commanders, including a terrorism coordinator, in Syria on the eastern bank of the Euphrates over the past two days, Russian Defense Ministry spokesman Maj. Gen. Igor Konashenkov said Tuesday.

"Seven field commanders of various levels were killed, including a native of Kazakhstan, Abu Islam al-Kazaki, who coordinated the actions of Daesh assault units in the Euphrates valley," Sputnik reported Konashenkov as saying.

A total of 304 Daesh militants have been killed over the past two days on the eastern bank of the Euphrates and more than 170 of the terrorists have been wounded, Maj. Gen. Igor Konashenkov said.

"Over the past two days, the Russian Aerospace Forces continued to destroy the Daesh group on the eastern bank of the Euphrates. Confirmed losses of terrorists in the area totaled 304 militants killed and more than 170 wounded," Konashenkov said.

Russia's Aerospace Forces in Syria have destroyed a Daesh terrorist group center for the training of foreign mercenaries, killing about 40 militants from the North Caucasus, the Russian Defense Ministry's spokesman said Tuesday.

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