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Russian air force makes 157 sorties in Syria in 4 days - agencies


    MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's air force carried out 157 sorties in Syria over the past four days, hitting 579 "terrorist" targets, Russian news agencies quoted a defence ministry official as saying on Tuesday.

    In the province of Latakia, a Su-34 bomber killed around 20 militants in a direct hit on four vehicles of Islamic State with mounted heavy machine guns, Interfax news agency quoted Defence Ministry spokesman Igor Konashenkov as saying.

    (Reporting by Dmitry Solovyov; Editing by Alexander Winning)