Russian Security Chief: Confirms That The MetroJet A321 Was Brought Down By A Bomb Over Sinai

New York Times: Russia Says Bomb Downed Plane in Egypt and Intensifies Attacks on ISIS

MOSCOW — Hours after confirming for the first time on Tuesday that a bomb brought down a Russian charter jet over the Sinai Peninsula in Egypt more than two weeks ago, killing all 224 people aboard, Russia joined France in bombing Islamic State targets in Syria.

For a second straight day French warplanes hit a command post and a recruitment center for jihadists in an Islamic State stronghold, Raqqa, the French Ministry of Defense announced on its website, while Russian news reports said a Russian submarine had fired cruise missiles at Islamic State targets in the same area.

Russia struck Raqqa with advanced Kalibr cruise missiles launched from a submarine in the eastern Mediterranean, the RBC news agency reported, citing sources in the Russian Defense Ministry. The agency said it was the first time Russia had fired cruise missiles from a submarine during a war.

WNU Editor: Egypt continues to deny these claims .... Egypt says has found no evidence criminal action behind plane crash (Reuters).

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