Moscow: A Russian warship and submarine fired four cruise missiles from the Mediterranean at Islamic State (IS) targets near the Syrian city of Palmyra, the Russian defence ministry said on Wednesday. The defence ministry said the hardware and forces struck had previously been deployed by IS in Raqqa. “All targets were destroyed,” it said in a statement. Russia had warned the US, Turkey and Israel before launching the missiles, the ministry said. The last time Russia fired Kalibr cruise missiles from its ships at militant targets in Syria was in November last year, the RIA news agency said.

Source: Mint May 31, 2017 13:18 UTC