Russian warplanes have struck 118 terrorist targets in Syria over the past 24 hours in a new record, the defense ministry said on Wednesday, attributing the rise to new intelligence.

Russian warplanes have struck 118 terrorist targets in Syria over the past 24 hours in a new record, the defense ministry said on Wednesday, attributing the rise to new intelligence.

Russian jets hit 118 targets during 71 sorties over the provinces of Idlib, Homs, Hama, Aleppo, Damascus and Latakia, said the defense ministry.

It was the highest one-day tally since the Kremlin began its bombing campaign on September 30.

The previous record was set on Monday when Moscow said it had struck 94 terrorist targets in Syria.

"The number of sorties has gone up," the ministry said in a statement.

"This is due to an increase in intelligence data," he said, adding that targets had been "confirmed via various channels."

The strikes destroyed a command post near the town of Talbisseh in Homs province which belonged to Al-Qaeda affiliate Al-Nusra Front, said the ministry.

Among the other targets was a base in Aleppo province used to control a terrorist weapon supply route which was destroyed along with car-mounted anti-aircraft systems that were protecting it, it said.

In Idlib province, the warplanes hit a "camouflaged supply base with munitions and materiel, which caused an explosion that also destroyed trucks parked some 500 meters away.

Under the request of the Syrian government, Moscow launched on September 30 an air campaign which has been targeting the Takfiri group, ISIL (so-called Islamic State in Iraq and Levant).