Newly-released satellite images show huge devastation at the strategic Tiyas airbase (T4) in central Syria.

The images were published by the BBC, which had obtained them from the US geopolitical intelligence company Stratfor.

According to analysts who examined the images, 4 Russian combat helicopters and some 20 supply trucks have been completely destroyed inside the airbase, which has been extensively used by the Russian Air Force, especially when liberating the ancient city of Palmyra.

On May 10, ISIS shelled the Tiyas airbase with artillery and rocket launchers after controlling the deserted battalion nearly 8 km to the northwest of the airbase.