TEHRAN, Oct. 31 (MNA) – The Russian Defense Ministry has announced a massive strike on ISIL targets in Deir ez-Zor amid the Syrian army's operation to wipe terrorists out from the province.

According to Sputnik, "On October 31, 2017, the submarine 'Veliky Novgorod' launched, from a submerged position, a massive strike with Kalibr cruise missiles on important ISIL  targets in Deir ez Zor province from the eastern part of the Mediterranean Sea," according to the Russian Defense Ministry's statement released on Tuesday.