Russia hits Islamic State’s suicide belt factory in Syria

In this photo made from the footage taken from Russian Defence Ministry website, a bomb explosion is seen in Syria.

Russian planes have flown 20 sorties in Syria and struck 10 Islamic State targets in the past 24 hours, the Defence Ministry said in a statement on Sunday.

"As a result of our air strikes on Islamic State targets, we have managed to disrupt their control system, the terrorist organisation's supply lines, and also caused significant damage to the infrastructure used to prepare acts of terror," the Ministry said.

It said the strikes, conducted by SU-34, SU-24M and SU-25 planes, had hit targets in the Idlib and Raqqa provinces, including a terrorist training camp and a suicide belt factory.

The strikes, which it called pinpoint, had also destroyed three ammunition stores and four Islamic State command centres, the Ministry said.