Moscow - Russia's Aerospace Defense Forces have destroyed multiple pieces of Islamist hardware over two days of operations near the Syrian city of Deir Ez-Zor, the Russian Defense Ministry said Saturday. "Over the past two days, Russian planes have destroyed nine pieces of hardware, including two tanks,six artillery nests, one homemade multiple rocket launchers, three ammunition depots, a command center, as well as 20 trucks loaded with fuel, arms and ammunition," the statement read. Syrian government troops, supported by the Russian Aerospace Forces, continue to encircle militants of the IS (Daesh) terrorist group near Akerbat settlement in Syria's Hama province.
