After taking over the Syrian military airport located in Raqqa, the Islamic State released a video on September 2, 2014 in which it openly threatens President Vladimir Putin and pledges to be on its way to Russia.

On August 25, the Arab Syrian Army lost 170 of its men while defending the Raqqa military air base. It then withdrew and encircled the base, which was blasted with the jihadists inside. The 2 Sukhoi fighter jets that can be seen in the video escaped the bombing of the Syrian armed forces because they were in an underground shelter.

It is a known fact that the Islamic State has trained pilots perfectly capable of using the aircraft that were seized from the federal army.

The number 2 leader of the Islamic State, Abu Omar al-Shishani, whose real name is Tarkhan Batirashvili, is an agent of the Georgian secret services.