ISIS on the run: Putin to blitz jihadi group with huge bombing campaign across Middle East

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VLADIMIR Putin is set to unleash his feared Russian jets across the Middle East as part of a huge campaign to hunt down and finish off evil Islamic State (ISIS), it emerged today.

By Nick Gutteridge

PUBLISHED: 09:23, Mon, Oct 5, 2015 | UPDATED: 10:47, Mon, Oct 5, 2015

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The ruthless Russian president will expand his country's relentless aerial campaign against the jihadis into Iraq and other Middle Eastern countries, leaving the hated group nowhere to hide.

He is also preparing to dispatch 150,000 elite battle troops into Syria to wipe out ISIS' presence in the region as Russia continues to make a mockery of the West's halting response to the crisis. 

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Putin has already authorised an extensive bombing campaign against ISIS in Syria which has obliterated more than 50 jihadi targets in just three days including a vital command centre and a suicide bomb belt factory.

It is thought that the strikes have done huge damage to the terrorists' infrastructure, with a leading terror expert telling Express.co.uk that they are now so weakened they could be defeated in a matter of hours. 

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Russian airstrikes have already obliterated jihadi targets in Syria

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Putin's jets have struck more than 50 targets in just three days

But defence sources have revealed that Moscow could now authorise a much wider campaign across the Middle East, with fresh strikes taking place as early as next week.

It is believed that the government of Iraq, where Britain and America have already been carrying out airstrikes, is now set to submit a formal request for Russia to intervene in its airspace.

A defence source told WND: "Moscow is awaiting a more formal request from the Iraqi government before expanding its campaign targeting insurgents in the region."

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