
Vladimir Putin has ordered his warships to co-operate with the French military as both countries launched revenge attacks on ISIS targets in Syria.

Russia has hit the ISIS 'capital' Raqqa with cruise missiles - just hours after saying the passenger jet brought down in Egypt had been bombed.

The strikes come after it was revealed French jets had pounded targets in the terrorists' Syrian stronghold, including a command centre and a recruitment base for jihadists.

Now the Russian President wants his missile cruiser Moskva, which is in the Mediterranean Sea, to work with France's military, who are carrying out more airstrikes over Syria tonight after ISIS claimed responsibility for the Paris terror attacks which killed 129 people and injured 352.

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Footage taken from the Russian Defence Ministry shows a Tu-95 bomber launching a cruise missile over Syria

Russia has hit the ISIS 'capital' Raqqa with cruise missiles - just hours after saying the passenger jet brought down in Egypt had been bombed

French warplanes bombing operational sites at the Islamic State's Syria stronghold Raqa for the third consecutive time today

Russian President wants his missile cruiser Moskva, which is in the Mediterranean Sea, to work with France's military, who are carrying out more airstrikes over Syria tonight (pictured)

France's defense minister says 10 French fighter jets are carrying out new airstrikes on Islamic State group targets in Syria

The Egyptian plane crash and the weekend wave of terrorist attacks in Paris have raised Russia's determination to fight ISIS, although concern remains in the West that its Syria airstrikes are also targeting rebels who are opposed to Syrian President Bashar Assad but not affiliated with radical groups.

Putin said a French aircraft carrier task force is to approach the Moskva soon and the cruiser is to 'cooperate with them as with allies'.

Russian forces today carried out 34 cruise missile strikes over Raqqa, which is seen as Islamic State's capital city, Idlib and Aleppo. They also deployed long-range Tu-160, Tu-95 and Tu-22 bombers from Russian bases.

The terror group has positions in Aleppo province and Idlib has the presence of the Nusra Front militant group.

Russia's Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu has tonight confirmed that Russian bombers hit ISIS positions in Raqqa and Deir al-Zour.

Shoigu said the cruise missiles that hit the Aleppo and Idlib positions were fired from supersonic Tu-160 bombers and from Tu-95s, long-distance turboprop strategic bombers that started from Russian territory.

Missiles are loaded onto a French fighter jet, before it heads to Syria to attack ISIS targets. Russian forces today carried out 34 cruise missile strikes over Raqqa, which is seen as Islamic State's capital city, Idlib and Aleppo

Charles de Gaulle, the flagship of the French Navy and the largest western European warship currently in commission, is seen anchored in the military port of Toulon

The Charles de Gaulle, carrying French fighter jets, before leaving on mission in Mediterranean Sea to take part in operations on Syria

The Egyptian plane crash and the weekend wave of terrorist attacks in Paris have raised Russia's determination to fight ISIS. Pictured is a French airstrike over Syria today

France are hitting jihadists who claimed responsibility for the Paris attacks, Defence Minister Jean Yves Le Drian said

As Russia's campaign in Syria intensifies, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov criticised the United States for pursuing what he said was a contradictory and confusing policy in Syria.

In remarks in a Russian TV documentary, which was broadcast tonight, Lavrov said that analysis of U.S. attacks on Islamic State militants in Syria over the past year indicates that the attacks are sparing the ISIS units that would pose the most threat to the Syrian army and Assad.

The U.S. wants to see Assad removed from power, but Lavrov said this means that Washington is effectively 'sitting on two chairs'.

American military generals are also criticizing the country, saying the US has been slow to act and is holding back.

'Our air campaign in Syria and Iraq has never been what it should be,' former US Army vice chief of staff Gen. Jack Keane told Fox News.

Keane criticized the US 'rules of engagements', which he claimed has let enemies escape because it takes too long to get approval for targets under the restrictions.

The currently imposed rules of engagements, which provide authorization and restrictions on the military's use of force, are no civilian deaths and to limit collateral damage, according to retired Lt. Col. Ralph Peters, who called them 'unrealistic'.

'Obama believes in this illusion that you can somehow wage clean war,' he said. 'But you can't have a standard of no civilian casualties and expect to win like that. It never has and it never will.'

The strikes come after it was revealed French jets had pounded targets in the terrorists' Syrian stronghold, including a command centre and a recruitment base for jihadists

Russian Tu-22 bombers escorted by the Su-27s fighter jets drop bombs on a target in Syria. Russia are also reportedly transporting paramilitary forces across Syria

A Russian military jet dropping a bomb over Syria. Russia said today that it had stepped up air strikes against Islamist militants

France's defense minister says 10 French fighter jets are carrying out new airstrikes on Islamic State group targets in Syria

Keane claims that ISIS is aware of the US rules of engagement and thus can't be found 'out in the middle of the desert totally exposed'.

'Every function and critical node they have is tucked in some place within the population,' he said.

President Obama has fought back against critics and said his strategy, which avoids sending ground forces to Syria or Iraq, is going to work but - 'it's going to take time'.

The US has launched 8,253 airstrikes against ISIS targets as of Tuesday, carrying out 95 percent of the airstrikes in Syria since the coalition air campaign against ISIS began last summer, according to the Pentagon.

On Monday US warplanes took out 100 tanker trucks ISIS uses to transport oil and earn millions every month and on Tuesday another 17 airstrikes were conducted by an American-led coalition, according to the Pentagon.

Meanwhile, France's defense minister says 10 French fighter jets are carrying out new airstrikes on Islamic State group targets in Syria.

Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said the jets have carried out new raids tonight. Speaking on TF1 TV, he said France will have 36 fighter jets in the region capable of carrying out airstrikes on IS targets once the Charles de Gaulle aircraft carrier reaches the zone.

Russia are also reportedly transporting paramilitary forces across Syria. Personnel and helicopters operating are operating inside the country to support, according to the Twitter account of Assyrian Christian militia, known as the Gozarto Protection Force (GPF).

The GPF are based in the western province of Homs are fighting to defend the predominantly Christian town of Sadad. They claim that the Russian military have flown in to join their fight against ISIS in the town.

A French fighter jet prepares to take-off as part of military operations targeting ISIS in Syria. A video was released showing the attacks

A French fighter jet prepares to take-off as part of military operations targeting ISIS in Syria

A Russian Tu-160 bomber launches a cruise missile at a target in Syria. Russia's defense minister said its warplanes have fired cruise missiles on militant positions in Syria's Idlib and Aleppo provinces

Russian pilots in the cockpit of a long-range warplane in flight. Russian Tu-160, Tu-95MS, Tu-22 M3 long-range aviation warplanes based in Russian territory carried out airstrikes against what Russia says were Islamic State targets in Syria

Footage taken from the Russian Defense Ministry today shows a Russian Su-24M during a Russian air raid in Syria

Earlier today Putin vowed to 'punish' those responsible for bringing down a Russian jet over the Sinai desert last month, after he confirmed that a bomb was responsible for the crash

Russian air force technicians preparing a warplane for a mission in Syria. Russian Tu-160, Tu-95MS, Tu-22 M3 long-range aviation warplanes based in Russian territory carried out airstrikes against what Russia says were Islamic State targets in Syria

Earlier today Putin vowed to 'punish' those responsible for bringing down a Russian jet over the Sinai desert last month, after he confirmed that a bomb was responsible for the crash.

The Russian president claimed that the jet was blown up by a home-made bomb containing 1.5kg of explosives, resulting in the loss of 224 lives.

Shortly after Mr Putin's announcement, Egyptian authorities arrested two airport employees accused of helping ISIS to smuggle the device onto the aircraft.

The Airbus A321 disappeared 23 minutes after leaving Sharm el-Sheikh airport en-route to St Petersburg.

ISIS claimed responsibility for the attack on the Metrojet aircraft which crashed on October 31.

French jets have pounded targets in the terrorists' Syrian stronghold, including a command centre and a recruitment base for jihadists

French soldiers prepare a Rafale fighter jet at a military base at an undisclosed location in the Gulf today

A Russian Tupolev Tu-160 long-range bomber landing on the tarmac at the Hmeymim air base near Latakia, Syria

A $50 million reward has been offered for information leading to the capture of the terror cell responsible for the atrocity.

Alexander Bortnikov, head of the FSB security agency told Russian President Vladimir Putin: 'One can say unambiguously that it was a terror act.

'An improvised bomb with a capacity of up to 1.5 kg of TNT exploded on the fight.

'As a result, the aircraft was torn apart in the air, which explains the large distance over which the pieces of the fuselage of the aircraft have scattered.'

Russia are also reportedly transporting paramilitary forces across Syria. Personnel and helicopters operating are operating inside the country to support, according to the Twitter account of Assyrian Christian militia, known as the Gozarto Protection Force (GPF)

Vladimir Putin vowed to 'punish' those responsible for bringing down a Russian jet over the Sinai desert last month, after he confirmed that a bomb was responsible for the crash

Russian state security services have admitted that a bomb brought down a Metrojet aircraft over Egypt

Russian technical experts said that the aircraft was destroyed by a homemade 1.5kg bomb

President Putin has vowed to avenge the perpetrators: 'It's not the first time Russia faces barbaric terrorist crimes. Killing our people at Sinai is among the most bloody crimes judging by the number of victims.

'And we won't wipe our tears away from our hearts and souls. It will remain with us forever. But it won't stop us from finding and punishing the criminals.'

He vowed: 'We must do it without time limitation. We must know each name. We will search for them everywhere, wherever they will hide. We will find them in any part of planet and punish them.'

'There is no statute of limitation on this. The combat work of our aviation in Syria must not only be continued. It must be intensified so that the criminals understand that vengeance is inevitable.'

Russia has now launched a 'significant' number of strikes which are reported to have included long-range bombers and sea-launched cruise missile (file picture of Russian cruiser)

French President Francois Hollande called for a global coalition to destroy ISIS following the attacks in Paris, and hours later French fighter jets launched fresh strikes on targets in Syria (Pictured: French fighter jets)

One of the ten French fighter jets prepares to take off from an airbase in the United Arab Emirates

It came after French President Francois Hollande yesterday called on the United States and Russia to join a global coalition to destroy ISIS following the attacks in Paris, and hours later French fighter jets launched fresh strikes on targets in Syria.

A spokesman for France's military command said the strike, conducted overnight, included 10 fighter jets, which were launched from the United Arab Emirates and Jordan.

The airstrikes comes just a day after French jets launched a series of 'massive' raids on ISIS in Syria as the country started its 'pitiless' retribution for the terror attacks on Paris.

That blitz was conducted by ten fighter planes which dropped 20 bombs on the terror group's capital of Raqqa, destroying a key command centre, training camp and munitions dump, throwing the city into panic.

Today's bombardment came just two days after President Francois Hollande said the co-ordinated attacks in Paris that killed up to 129 people was an 'act of war' and vowed to strike ISIS in Syria 'without mercy'.

In France, police carried out around 150 co-ordinated anti-terrorism raids across the country yesterday morning, arresting dozens of suspects and seizing a cache of weapons including a rocket launcher.

French fighter jets have carried out another 'massive' air strike on Raqqa, targeting an ISIS command centre

Today's bombardment came just two days after President Francois Hollande said the co-ordinated attacks in Paris that killed up to 129 people was an 'act of war' and vowed to strike ISIS in Syria 'without mercy'

A huge manhunt is also underway for accomplices of the Islamist cell including one of the bomb plotters who is still on the run today after police let him go in a string of incredible security blunders before and after the atrocity on Friday night.

A French official has also identified the suspected mastermind of the Paris attacks as Belgian Abdelhamid Abaaoud.

French Prime Minister Manuel Valls, meanwhile, has warned that authorities believe new terror attacks are being planned in France and in other European countries following the carnage.

Yesterday Hollande told a joint session of parliament at the Palace of Versailles 'France is at war', before promising to increase funds for national security and strengthen anti-terrorism laws in response to the suicide bombings and shootings that killed 129.

'We're not engaged in a war of civilisations, because these assassins do not represent any. We are in a war against jihadist terrorism which is threatening the whole world,' he told a packed, sombre chamber.

Islamic State has claimed responsibility for Friday's coordinated attacks, saying they were in retaliation for France's involvement in US-backed air strikes in Iraq and Syria.