Russia Fires Missiles at Terrorist Group in Syria, Hits Targets: Defense Ministry

A still image taken from a video footage and released by Russia's Defense Ministry on Sept. 22, 2017, shows a Russian submarine firing cruise missiles in the Mediterranean Sea at Jabhat al-Nusra targets. Russian Defense Ministry/Handout via REUTERS TV

Russia said it has fired missiles at and hit terrorist targets in Syria using a Black Fleet submarine.

Russia’s Ministry of Defense said Friday, Sept. 22, that it had fired Kalibr cruise missiles from a “submerged position” in the Mediterranean Sea and that it had hit targets of the al-Qaeda-linked terrorist group Jabhat al-Nusra in Syria’s Idlib Province.