The Russian Defense Ministry announced that what it described as "Syrian militants" bombarded the outskirts of the air base in the north-west of Syria, while the Syrian army announced the resumption of military operations in the area of ​​reducing the escalation north of the country.

The Russian news agency said the operations of the airbase were not affected by the attack.

Damascus was quick to announce the occurrence of "casualties" as a result of the fall of rocket-propelled grenades in the vicinity of the base.

The official Syrian news agency SANA quoted a military source as saying that "terrorist groups" targeted "the air base of Hameemim with a range of rocket-propelled grenades that fell in the vicinity of the base and resulted in significant human and material losses."

No truce
These developments coincided with the Syrian army's announcement on Monday that it would resume its military operations in the zone of reducing escalation in northern Syria, despite its conditional approval of a ceasefire in the region.

Damascus announced on Thursday the approval of a truce in Idlib, more than three months after the escalation that caused hundreds of deaths. And stipulated the continuation of the application of a Russian-Turkish agreement provides for the establishment of a demilitarized zone in the Idlib region, which houses more three million people.

Since the end of April, Idlib and nearby areas have been shelled almost daily by Syrian and Russian planes, not excluding hospitals, schools and markets.

The raids by Russia and the Assad regime have killed more than 780 civilians in three months, and more than 400,000 people have been driven out of their areas, according to the United Nations.