MOSCOW: Russia said Sunday its latest Syria strikes hit infrastructure used by rebel fighters and claimed it has information of growing strife between rebel groups opposing President Bashar Assad.

The defense ministry said its pilots flew 39 sorties and carried out 60 strikes in Hama, Latakia, Aleppo and Damascus provinces, slightly up on the previous day.

Russian forces hit a “command point of one of the detachments of the Jaish Al-Fatah (or Army of Conquest) terrorist organization” in Kafr Zeita 40 km northwest of Hama, the defense ministry said.

“As a result of the air strike, the running of the detachments of the Jaish Al-Fatah terrorist organization in this area was totally disrupted, after which the fighters abandoned this combat area.”

Moscow said it also destroyed a network of fortified tunnels in Talbisseh in Homs province used Daesh to hide from the Syrian Army and secretly move around the town.

It also claimed it destroyed an “advanced supply point” in Damascus province that was used by Daesh to deliver ammunition, food and fuel.