According to the Russian Defense Ministry, terrorist groups in the de-escalation zone of Syria’s northwestern Idlib province and its surroundings have launched nearly two dozen terrorist attacks against other areas in the province and neighboring provinces of Hama, Aleppo and Latakia in the past 24 hours.
In a statement on Sunday, Rear Admiral Vyacheslav Sytnik, head of the Russian military’s reconciliation center at the Hmeimim airbase in Syria’s Latakia, said the center had monitored 23 terrorist attacks from areas under the control of Jabhat al-Nusra terrorists.
It added that 13 of those attacks took place in Idlib, five in Aleppo, three in Hama and two in Latakia, Syria’s official SANA news agency reported.
According to the report, Jabhat al-Nusra terrorists, particularly widespread in Idlib, continue their attacks with rockets on safe neighboring areas, claiming the lives of many civilians and injuring others.
Such attacks also cause material damage to both private and public property. Last month, Jabhat al-Nusra terrorists fired rocket-propelled grenades at the strategic town of Saraqib in Idlib, causing material damage to homes and buildings.
Russia has been helping Syrian forces in the ongoing fighting in the conflict-plagued Arab country.
Russian military assistance, which began in September 2015 at the official request of the Syrian government, has proven effective as the Syrians continue to retake key areas from the hands of remnants of the IS terrorist militia and other foreign-backed terrorist groups across the country.
by Xavier Cuesta – European Correspondent – EuroNews