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Two Russian warships and a submarine in the Mediterranean have fired missiles at Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) targets in Syria, the defense ministry said on June 23.

It said that Turkish and Israeli military "were informed in a timely manner of the missile launches through communication channels," but it did not mention the United States.

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The Black Sea Fleet's task force group operating in eastern Mediterranean Sea off Syria comprises 15 vessels, including two frigates and a submarine, accompanied by various landing and auxiliary ships, the Russian Navy says.

Russia had fired 4 Kalibre cruise missiles against positions of they Islamic State near their stronghold in Raqqa. The missiles destroyed heavy equipment and killed fighters that Islamic State had transferred from its stronghold, Raqqa, to Palmyra, the Russian Defense Ministry has said.

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Russia has reportedly sent a missile-armed frigate to its naval base in Syria's Mediterranean coastal city of Tartus following a recent US missile strike against an airbase in the Arab country, Al-Alam reports.

NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg expressed concern on Feb. 29 about the "Russian military build-up in Syria."

Russian President Vladimir Putin said that he hopes nuclear weapons will not be needed after Russia launched cruise missiles from its submarine at ISIS targets in Syria.

Iraq said it was suspending flights between Baghdad and the northern cities of Arbil and Sulaimaniya for two days starting on Nov. 23 due to military traffic from Russia's air campaign in neighbouring Syria.

Four Russian cruise missiles aimed at targets in Syria crashed in Iran, a US official said Oct. 8, as regime troops backed by Lebanon's Hezbollah pressed a "vast offensive" against rebels in the war-torn country's west.