According to him, positional battles are currently taking place, the militants are daily shelling the city of Scalbius and the surrounding settlements.

“Almost every other day, civilians are being buried - victims of shelling. The army responds with fire on shelling, today they destroyed the rocket launchers of terrorists, ”said a source.

He added that the Syrian army is strengthening its position in preparation for possible new attacks by militants.

Earlier, gunmen fired at the Russian Khmeimim airbase in Syria.