Russia's air force flew 141 sorties and hit 472 terrorist targets in Syria over the weekend, the RIA news agency quoted the Russian Defence Ministry as saying on Monday, November 23, According to Reuters.

Russian jets hit targets in Syria's Aleppo, Damascus, Idlib, Latakia, Hama, Raqqa, Homs, and Deir ez-Zor provinces, the ministry said.

On 30 September 2015, Russia started military intervention in the Syrian Civil War, consisting of air strikes primarily in north-western Syria by Russia against militant groups opposed to the Syrian government, including al-Nusra Front (al-Qaeda in the Levant), the Islamic State and the Army of Conquest.

The Russian Air Force had significant ground support from the Syrian military, Iranian Revolutionary Guards, and allied militias. Prior to this intervention, Russian involvement in the Syrian Civil War had mainly consisted of supplying the Syrian Army.Russia intervened after a formal request from the Syrian government for military help against rebel and jihadist groups in Syria.