Russian warplanes struck 118 "terrorist" targets in Syria over the past 24 hours, its highest daily total yet, the Defense Ministry said Wednesday, attributing the rise to fresh intelligence.
Russian jets hit 118 targets during 71 sorties over the provinces of Idlib, Homs, Hama, Aleppo, Damascus and Latakia, the Defense Ministry said.
The United States said Tuesday that it's considering sending a small number of special operations forces to Syria and attack helicopters to Iraq as it weighs options to build momentum in the battle against ISIS.
That option includes temporarily deploying some U.S. special operations forces inside of Syria to advise moderate Syrian opposition fighters for the first time and, potentially, to help call in U.S. airstrikes, one official said.
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