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[h=4]Russia: Syria airstrikes target ISIL, other groups[/h]A spokesperson for Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday said airstrikes in Syria are targeting Islamic State militants and other "well known" groups.
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Oct. 1 -- Russia launched its first airstrike against Islamic State targets in Syria, raising questions about the goals of Russian President Vladimir Putin as the U.S. and Russia hold urgent talks over the move. Bloomberg's Henry Meyer reports on "B Bloomberg
A handout frame grab taken from a video footage made available on the official website of the Russian Defense Ministry on Oct. 1, 2015 shows strikes carried out by Russian warplanes located at the Syrian airfield Hmeymim against the international terrorist organization so-called Islamic State (ISIS or IS) in Syria, Sept. 30, 2015.(Photo: RUSSIAN DEFENCE MINISTRY PRESS SERVICE, EPA)
Russian airstrikes in Syria<span style="color: Red;">*</span>are targeting Islamic State militants and other "well known"<span style="color: Red;">*</span>groups, a<span style="color: Red;">*</span>spokesperson for Russian President Vladimir Putin said Thursday.
The airstrikes have destroyed 12 Islamic State<span style="color: Red;">*</span>targets<span style="color: Red;">*</span>including a command center and two arms depots<span style="color: Red;">*</span>since they began Wednesday, the<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Associated Press reported.
The airstrikes drew<span style="color: Red;">*</span>sharp rebuke from the United States and further raised<span style="color: Red;">*</span>tensions in the region.<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Moscow<span style="color: Red;">*</span>insisted it was targeting Islamic State militants while U.S. officials and others said it appeared to be attacking opposition groups fighting Syrian government forces.
Speaking to reporters Thursday, Putin's spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Russia is targeting<span style="color: Red;">*</span>a<span style="color: Red;">*</span>list of other groups,<span style="color: Red;">*</span>as well as<span style="color: Red;">*</span>the Islamic State, also known as ISIS or ISIL,<span style="color: Red;">*</span>the<span style="color: Red;">*</span>AP<span style="color: Red;">*</span>reported.
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“These organizations are well known and the targets are chosen in coordination with the armed forces of Syria,” Peskov<span style="color: Red;">*</span>said without giving specific names, according to the AP.
Putin<span style="color: Red;">*</span>denied reports that civilians were killed in the<span style="color: Red;">*</span>strikes, calling the allegations "information attacks" in a meeting at the Kremlin on Thursday.
Russian Ambassador to France Alexander Orlov said his country is targeting<span style="color: Red;">*</span>the same extremists as the United States and denied<span style="color: Red;">*</span>claims by the U.S. that Russia's<span style="color: Red;">*</span>military failed to coordinate the airstrikes, the AP reported. Orlov<span style="color: Red;">*</span>said the targets were ISIL and the Nusra Front, al-Qaeda’s affiliate in Syria.
The Wall Street Journal, citing unnamed U.S. officials, reported that one of the airstrikes hit an area mainly held by rebels backed by the CIA and allied spy services.<span style="color: Red;">*</span>The CIA has been arming and training rebels fighting Syrian President Bashar Assad's regime since 2013.
Russia’s Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov said the country<span style="color: Red;">*</span>will inform “interested parties, including the United States” about the bombing campaign, the TASS news agency reported.
Defense Secretary Ashton Carter on Wednesday called Russian policy in Syria "ill-advised" and said it was "doomed to fail."
The Russian defense ministry said late Wednesday that Russia carried out 20 airstrikes, and released video footage:
Contributing: Jim Michaels
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