“On December 17, militants of the Khayyat Tahrir Ash-Sham * and the Syrian National Army launched several attacks on the positions of the armed forces of the Syrian Arab Republic,” Borenkov said.
He noted that the attacks occurred in the area of the Mesherf settlement, from the side of the militants two tanks and three infantry fighting vehicles took part in them.
It is specified that all attacks were repelled, two infantry fighting vehicles and one militant tank were destroyed.
On December 4, militants fired at a sports club in the city of Tall Rifat in the Syrian province of Aleppo, killing ten civilians, including eight children.
* “Hayat Tahrir al-Sham” (“Jabhat Fath al-Sham”, “Front al-Nusra”, “Jabhat al-Nusra”) - the organization was recognized as terrorist by the decision of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation dated December 29, 2014.