Russia Airstrikes in Syria: January 20-25, 2016
January 29, 2016 - Genevieve Casagrande![](https://understandingwar.org/sites/default/files/styles/thumb-wide/public/Russian%20Airstrikes%2020-25%20JAN-01_1.jpg?itok=CjsVGlnQ)
The Russian air campaign in Syria enabled strategic gains in the regime’s longstanding effort to buffer its coastal heartland in Latakia from January 23 - 25. Russian strikes targeted opposition-held positions along the frontline in both Jebel al-Akrad and Jebel Turkmen mountain ranges in Northern Latakia, facilitating the regime’s seizure of the town of Rabi’ah.