This was announced by the Russian Center for the Reconciliation of Warring Parties in Syria.

"Today at 08:55, during patrols by units of the Russian military police on the M-5 highway in Daraa province, in the vicinity of the village of Umm al-Maaten, an improvised shellless explosive device was detonated in front of the lead vehicle of the convoy," the CPVS said.

The center also reported that as a result of attacks from the militants on the positions of the Syrian government forces in the provinces of Aleppo and Idlib, one Syrian soldier was killed and three were injured.

Earlier, terrorists carried out seven attacks in the Idlib de-escalation zone.