In Syria, about 100 people died in attacks by militants since January 16

This was announced at a briefing by the head of the Russian center for reconciliation of the warring parties in the SAR, Major General Yuri Borenkov.

According to him, the positions of the Syrian troops in the de-escalation zone in Idlib since January 16 were attacked by militants 16 times. Also, during this time, terrorists bombarded peaceful settlements 253 times.

“Such an aggravation of the situation has not been observed since May 2019. Since January 16 of the current year, as a result of attacks and shelling of militants, 47 were killed and 77 soldiers of the Syrian Arab Army were injured, 51 civilians were killed and injured, ”Borenkov said.

Earlier, the central military command and control center stated that the main responsibility for aggravating the situation in the de-escalation zone in Idlib lies with the militants of the terrorist organization “Hayat Tahrir al-Sham” *.

* “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.