Syria: MoD’s Konashenkov talks humanitarian aid drops, sorties on militants

The major joint Russian-Syrian aid airdrop operation for the people of the besieged city of Deir ez-Zor continued on Wednesday, according to spokesman Major-General Igor Konashenkov, who spoke from the Hmeymim Air Base in Syria. SOT, Major-General Igor Konashenkov, Russian Defence Ministry spokesperson (Russian): “Over the last day Russian Air Forces in the Syrian Arab Republic performed 16 combat sorties hammered 57 militant infrastructure targets. Due to adverse weather conditions and to avoid risks for