This was reported by RIA Novosti with reference to the head of the Russian Center for the Reconciliation of the warring parties in the Syrian Arab Republic, Rear Admiral Oleg Zhuravlev.

According to him, on the night of April 13-14, a group of militants left the Al-Tanf zone, who planned to surrender to government troops and return to civilian life. They were attacked by radical gangs.

As a result of the clash, the breakthrough militants lost three pickups. 27 people who are currently in Palmyra under the protection of the Syrian military were able to escape.

At the end of March, the interagency coordination headquarters of Russia and Syria said that the United States, amid the spread of the world’s coronavirus infection COVID-19, is planning to transfer cargo to militants under the guise of humanitarian aid.