(Wall Street Journal) Gordon Lubold - U.S. defense officials said Tuesday that Russia had begun an aggressive air campaign using sea-launched cruise missiles and long-range bombers against sites in Raqqa, the Islamic State's stronghold in Syria, following Moscow's confirmation that a bomb downed a Russian airliner over Egypt last month. In a televised war room briefing led by President Vladimir Putin, Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said the number of Russian airstrikes had been doubled Tuesday, destroying 140 "terrorist" facilities in Syria.
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