Russian SU-24M jet fighter armed with laser guided bombs takes off from a runaway at Hmeimim airbase in Syria. (Source: AP)
The Russian Aerospace Forces have started to provide an air support to Turkish forces near the ISIS-controlled town of al-Bab in the Syrian province of Aleppo, according to reports in Turkish media.
Turkish Milliyet and Dogan online news papers reported on December 29, citing sources close to the Free Syrian Army clashing with ISIS near al-Bab, that a number of ISIS targets in the area were destroyed by Russian warplanes.
A screenshot from http://www.milliyet.com.tr/
Russian warplanes also targeted ISIS terrorists in southern al-Bab, according to Milliyet.
The Russian Defense Ministry has not commented on the issue.
