Satellite imagery appears to confirm reports that a strategically significant airport in central Syria has suffered extensive damage . Intelligence company , Stratfor suggests that four helicopters and 20 planes were destroyed inside the air base last week following an ISIS attack . Russia uses the imagery but has denied the allegations . A Stratfor analyst has said : “ It shows very clearly that there are several different sources of explosions across the airport , and it shows that the Russians were quite a bad hit . ” The attack appears to have destroyed an entire helicopter unit , damaged some Syrian planes and caused significant damage to what is a munitions depot .
Satellite imagery appears to confirm reports that a strategically significant airbase in central Syria has suffered extensive damage. Intelligence company, Stratfor suggests that four helicopters and 20 trucks were destroyed inside the T4 base last week following an ISIS attack. Russia uses the base but has denied the reports. A Stratfor analyst has said: “It shows very clearly that there are several different sources of explosions across the airport, and it shows that the Russians took quite a bad hit.” The attack appears to have destroyed an entire helicopter unit, damaged some Syrian planes and caused significant damage to what is a logistics depot.