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| Sukhoi Su-33 launching from the Admiral Kuznetsov (Image: Wiki Commons) |
MOSCOW, Nov. 17 (Xinhua) -- Strikes launched Tuesday from Russia's aircraft carrier Admiral Kuznetsov killed a commander of a Syria-based radical group, said the Russian Defense Ministry on Thursday.
Abul Baha Al-Asfari, a field commander of Jabhat Fatah al-Sham, also known as al-Nusra Front, was killed along with at least 30 militants in Idlib province, according to Maj. Gen. Igor Konashenkov, a spokesman of the Russian Defense Ministry.
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