Syria’s Idlib De-escalation Zone Attacked Seven Times in Past Day
A cracked windshield is seen at the site of a suicide bombing in Damascus, Syria, Friday, Dec. 23, 2011.
MOSCOW, January 3 (Sputnik) – The Jabhat al-Nusra terrorist group* shelled Syria’s Idlib de-escalation zone seven times over the past 24 hours, Maj. Gen. Oleg Yegorov, deputy head of the Russian Defense Ministry’s Center for Reconciliation of Opposing Sides in Syria, said at a briefing. “Seven shelling attacks from the positions of the Jabhat al-Nusra terrorist group were registered in the Idlib de-escalation zone over the past day,” Maj. Gen. Yegorov said. “Five attacks [were recorded] in Idlib province, two in Latakia,” he said. The Russian Defense Ministry’s Center for Reconciliation of Opposing Sides and Control over the Movement of Refugees in the Syrian Arab Republic was established in February 2016. Its tasks include the signing of agreements on illegal armed groups and individual settlements joining the regime of cessation of hostilities, as well as coordinating the delivery of humanitarian aid.*Jabhat al-Nusra terrorist group is banned in Russia
