ISIS Suicide Bombers Impersonate SA Soldiers
Also, the Russian Air Force has destroyed the militants' huge underground arsenal. Over 100,000 tons of ammo. The next day, Kalibr missiles from the submarines Kolpino and Velikiy Novgorod from the Mediterranean destroyed command posts, weapons arsenal, and ISIS military equipment. The strikes were around the city of Mayadin, at the strongholds of the terrorists, close to Deir-ez-Zor. On Friday, Syrian Army has entered Mayadin. Our military correspondent Evgeny Poddubny reports from Syria.
This is how Russian VKS pilots strike strongholds, connection huts, and ammo warehouses of the pseudo-Caliphate around Mayadin, Deir-ez-Zor, and Abu Kamal. These were the last strongholds of the terrorists of the so-called Islamic state.
There are still battles in the city, terrorists still control eastern Deir-ez-Zor. Here, the terrorists refuse to retreat. They actively use suicide bombers. Here's a car bomb, a bomb on wheels. Terrorists had no time to use it. Inside were Soviet- and US-made anti-tank mines, TNT, and gas tanks, packed with explosives. There was over 700 kg of explosives. This car can stop a whole attack. Scout vehicles are destroyed by Russian EOD specialists. They basically work here, on the front line.
Here, in Deir-ez-Zor, terrorists actively use pedestrian suicide bombers. Radicals usually wear Syrian Army uniforms. This is what a suicide bomber's belt looks like. It's based on a regular vest from the Syrian Army, these are the explosives. Here we have small elements, a detonator cord, and a regular grenade igniter set. The city still struggles with a hard humanitarian situation. After Deir-ez-Zor was de-blocked by the Syrian Army, the authorities set up warehouses with produce and medicine.
But residential areas are still under fire. Terrorists shell out Deir-ez-Zor's streets daily.
Out of his 5 years, Isa spent 3.5 years in a blockade. He's already been injured three times, the first one was the most severe.
Isa's mother: "My son was first injured when he was 10 months old. The debris basically ripped off his hand and scratched his face. His body still has debris inside".
Isa's mother says it was very hard in the beginning, because of the debris in his face, he couldn't eat properly. Deir-ez-Zor doctors did everything they could to make the boy better. His Mom said the soldiers helped. They gave them the necessary medication.
The interview is interrupted by a powerful explosion. «It's close, really close, hide the children!»
Militants shelled out an intersection 50 meters away from the house, where little Isa lives. It happened while the kids were playing in the street, and the adults were in line for food.
There are killed and injured kids on the road, without legs and arms. Right nearby is an office of the Red Crescent. Volunteers evacuate the injured minutes after the explosion.
Our group takes a seriously injured girl, the hospital is close by.
There's a hole in the school fence, nearby are dead policemen and kids. They lived next door. Militants used a powerful handmade missile. The debris damaged the walls of all nearby houses.
- The shop owner was my friend, he died on the spot, I was on my way to say hello.
- The policemen were here, and a boy next to them. He got thrown away, ripped in half. The boy is our neighbor».
Because of just one strike, there are 8 dead, and just as many in critical condition. Pseudo-Caliphate makes this strikes on a regular basis. Until the residential blocks in the city's East and North-East are controlled by the Islamists, all Deir-ez-Zor residents are on a front line.
Evgeny Poddubny, Ruben Mirobov, and Stanislav Yulovsky. Vesti News of the Week, from Deir-ez-Zor, Syria.
Another addendum to what's going on in Syria. The Turkish leader, Recep Erdogan, stated today that he acts in the Idlib de-escalation zone based on the plan he developed with Russian and Iran in Astana.
Here are his details.
Recep Erdogan, Turkish President: "Turkish forces will be dislocated along the inner perimeter of the de-escalation zone in Idlib. Russian forces will be located on the outer perimeter".
We suppose he meant the Russian military police. Anyway, the agreements reached in Astana, are in action.