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By al ibaba. and a site similar to yelp. >> russia appears for the first time to be coordinating its air strikes in syria where the government ground offensive. it launched the heaviest bombing yet in hama and idlib provinces. russia is targeting rebels, fighting regime forces, not isis. russia is ramping up its campaign in syria with precision cruise missiles launched from ships in the sea. >> and moscow is hinting it could begin operations in iraq as well. here's senior international correspondent ben wedeman. >> reporter: the latest dramatic escalation in this conflict. russia's military ...

Strikes have been going on just for eight days now. this syrian offensive army offensive, and, of course, already elements from his bo law and iran involved on the ground. at the moment it appears the rebels are holding the line, but that might not last for long. >> and there are some reports from u.s. officials that perhaps russia doesn't have the ability to continue this type of attack for long, but we'll have to see. at the moment, though, russia is attacking from vessels in the sea from air strike, and there's this possibility that they could attack via the ground forces soon. could this w...

Syria? >> well, they have been seriously damaging, errol, as you can see in the videos. they are hitting a lot of the vital military facilities of these rebel groups. but nonetheless, at the same time, they seem to be using these u.s. supplied anti-tank missiles with a guide good effect. what we understand is that well over a dozen russian tanks and troop carriers have been destroyed. more have been captured by the rebels, and it doesn't appear that the syrian forces backed with the russian air power have made dramatic advances in that area of northern hama province, but nonetheless, they don'...

Of thousands of people in the areas that are controlled by the rebels, and i'm not talking about isis. for instance, it appears that many of the air strikes are on idlib province which was captured by the rebels in march, and it is contiguous. it's the largest contiguous area controlled by anti-regime forces, and it also bordered turkey, and if it appears that the russian air strikes backing up the syrian army is going to make a significant push into idlib province, there's a very high probability that there could be further waves of refugees fleeing from syria going into turkey which is alrea...

Offensive hasn't made a lot of progress until now we understand that more than a dozen syrian tanks and armored personnel carriers have been destroyed or captured by the rebels, but the rebels are using things like these missiles, anti-tank missiles believed to be supplied by the cia, but the supply is limited, and as the ground offensive continues, it could change on the ground. >> ben reporting there live. many thanks to you. and we will have much more on the russian military campaign in syria including an in depth look at the close encounters between u.s. and russian planes coming up in a...