“Russian Spring”: Russian Aerospace Forces destroyed the Sheikh Suleiman base 25 km from Syrian Aleppo
The Russian Aerospace Forces (VKS) destroyed in Syria, 25 kilometers from Aleppo, one of the largest Syrian military bases with foreign mercenaries – 111th Sheikh Suleiman Army Base. The operation was caught on video, the record was published by the Russian Vesna newspaper, which is close to the Russian Ministry of Defense.
According to the newspaper, foreign mercenaries from the Hayat Tahrir al-Sham group (a terrorist organization banned in Russia ) were based on Sheikh Suleiman. There are also weapons depots.
Earlier in December, it was reported that Russian planes had destroyed Murad Margoshvili, known as Muslim Abu Walid al-Shishani, the commander of Chechen fighters in Syria. The Russian Aerospace Forces launched an airstrike on the house of al-Shishani on December 11, at that time there were several SUVs near the house, presumably belonging to the militants.