俄罗斯向叙利亚反政府武装发动了新的空袭，以帮助阿萨德总统的政府收复失地。
莫斯科方面称，星期日的空袭击中63个目标，摧毁了其中的53个目标，许多空袭发生在塔尔史基克，那里是叙利亚反政府武装所控制的伊德利卜省的一处高地。
和最近的数次空袭一样，俄罗斯称袭击目标属于伊斯兰国激进分子。但是大多数的阵地并不为伊斯兰国所控制，而是对抗阿萨德政府的反政府武装。
俄罗斯总统普京在接受俄罗斯官方电视台采访时为莫斯科方面干预叙利亚局势进行辩护。他说，俄罗斯介入的目的是稳定大马士革政府，以及为政治和解开辟道路。
Russia launched a new aerial bombardment on Syrian rebels, helping President Bashar al-Assad's government reclaim territory it had lost.
Moscow said it hit 63 targets, destroying 53 of them, with many of the attacks Sunday in Tal Skik, a highland area of Idlib province that had been controlled by rebels fighting Syrian forces.
As with recent sorties, Russia described the targets as belonging to Islamic State insurgents. But most of the positions have not been held by that group, but rather factions fighting the Assad government.
In an interview with Russian state television, President Vladimir Putin defended Moscow's intervention in Syria, saying the objective is to stabilize the Damascus government and open the path for a political compromise.
