2 The joint Turkey-Russia operations came during the nationwide ceasefire adopted on December 30, 2016. Russia and Turkey conducted their first joint airstrikes against positions held by the Islamic State terror group in Syria, military sources said. "The operation, conducted with the consent of Syria, involved nine warplanes from the Russian Air Force and eight from the Turkish Air Force," the Head of the Russian General Staff Sergey Rudskoy told media. Al-Bab, located some 30 km from Aleppo, is one of the last urban strongholds of the IS in the region. The joint Turkey-Russia operations came during the nationwide ceasefire adopted on December 30, 2016.

Source: India Today January 18, 2017 21:06 UTC