Russia has carried out air strikes on the Islamic State stronghold of Raqa and destroyed infrastructure “used to train terrorists”, the defence ministry said on Friday.
“On October 1, Su-34 planes carried out strikes on an IS training camp… and on a camouflaged command post… southwest of the town of Raqa,” the ministry said. “As a result of the strikes, the IS command point was put out of action. The infrastructure used to train terrorists was completely destroyed.”