This evening, a Russian warship in the Mediterranean launched a long-range cruise missile which landed on the rebel-held town of Al-Qassimyah in the western Aleppo countryside.

According to an Al-Masdar source embedded with the Tiger Forces in northern Aleppo, the coordinates for the target were a large storage building holding U.S. supplied TOW anti-tank missiles.

The Russian military relies heavily on the Syrian Arab Army’s (SAA) Tiger Forces to carry out long-range missile attacks and airstrikes – in fact, Major General Suheil al-Hassan himself was said to have instructed tonight’s pinpoint attack, according to the military source.

Meanwhile, the SAA’s Tiger Forces are preparing a ground offensive to capture the southern part of the Al-Mallah farms which are still held by Islamist insurgents, despite some reports to the contrary.