Russian MoD Shares First Footage From Joint Military Exercise In Syria

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The Russian Ministry of Defense released on June 7 first footage from the ongoing joint military exercise with the Syrian Arab Army.

In a brief statement, the ministry said that Russian and Syrian warplanes practiced joint actions in the airspace over Syria in the framework of the exercise.

“Russian and Syrian pilots patrolled the air borders in the east and southern part of the country,” the ministry said. “In addition, aircraft from the two countries trained launching individual and group airstrikes at targets at one of the training grounds in the Syrian desert.”

Su-35 fighter jets and Su-34 bombers from the Russian Aerospace Forces as well as Su-24 front-line bombers from the Syrian Arab Air Force took part in the practice patrols.

Other photos that surfaced online showed Russian and Syrian troops training on defending against terrorist attacks, conducting patrols and the use of man-portable air defense systems and drone jammers.

The joint exercise was launched on June 5 with the aim of practicing defending Syria’s “territorial integrity”. The Russian MoD said that the exercise will cover the country’s airspace, some of its territory and the eastern section of the Mediterranean Sea.

Russia maintains a large military presence in Syria, with its forces deployed in an air base and a naval base on the coast in addition to dozens of smaller posts across the country.

The joint exercise comes amid high tensions in the Middle East over the ongoing Israeli war on the Palestinian enclave of the Gaza Strip. The war sparked clashes on the Israeli-Lebanese border and led to an increase in Israeli strikes on Syrian territory.

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