Information from the Russian Defense Ministry said that the terrorist rebels were killed in an airstrike by the Russian air force on May 25 while trying to flee from Raqqa to Palmyra, Syria.
The source said the rebel group of 39 trucks equipped with large machine guns were en route to Palmyra city.
A Russian drone was deployed as soon as it received the report to monitor the direction the terrorists could move to escape the city of Raqqa to Palmyra. Fighter jets and other Russian special forces units were deployed immediately.
After the attack, 32 trucks were destroyed and about 120 terrorists were killed, the source said. At the same time, he stressed: "All efforts by IS fighters to move to the city of Palmyra to build forces here will be crushed."
The US-led coalition previously carried out nine airstrikes against IS rebels in Raqqa, destroying six combat strongholds, three vehicles, a tactical vehicle and a mortar system. The joint airstrikes from April 27 to May 18 killed three senior foreign leaders of the IS. These names are responsible for financing, training and controlling drones for the terrorist group.
