An attempted terrorist attack against the military was thwarted in the Syrian region of Al-Tanf. Rear Admiral Oleg Gurinov, deputy head of the Russian Center for the Reconciliation of the Warring Parties in the Arab Republic, said at a briefing.

At 23:30 (Moscow time) on May 18, the Syrian military saw a group of militants in three pickup trucks in the area of Tell al-Tuwayed. After fire from the government forces of the SAR, the group disappeared in the territory controlled by the "coalition"