Russia said on Tuesday that some 15 percent of the Syrian territory is yet to be liberated to completely destroy terrorists in the country.

“At present, 85 percent of the Syrian territory has been liberated from the militants of illegal armed formations. About 27 square kilometers [10,424 square miles] of Syrian territory remains to be liberated until the complete annihilation of the ISIL,” Lt. Gen. Alexander Lapin, chief of staff of the Russian Armed Forces group in Syria, told reporters Tuesday.

He added that the operation to destroy ISIL and the Nusra in Syria would continue “until their complete and guaranteed elimination.”

Source: Sputnik