A large majority of Russia's military airstrikes in Syria have not been aimed at the Islamic State (ISIS) group or jihadists tied to Al-Qaeda, and have instead targeted the moderate Syrian opposition, the State Department said Wednesday, according to AFP.

"Greater than 90 percent of the strikes that we've seen them take to date have not been against ISIL or Al-Qaeda-affiliated terrorists," State Department spokesman John Kirby said, using another acronym for ISIS.


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