This was announced by the head of the Russian Center for the Reconciliation of the warring parties, Rear Admiral Alexander Shcherbitsky.

An attempt to capture the village took place on June 8, militants wedged into the battle formations of the Syrian army at 600 meters.

Terrorists lost 30 people killed and wounded, said Shcherbitsky.

“Three pickups with heavy machine guns were destroyed,” RIA Novosti quoted him as saying.

On June 1, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and UN Secretary General Antoni Guterres during a telephone conversation noted the threat of terrorists becoming more active in Syria against the backdrop of a coronavirus pandemic.

“Jabhat al-Nusra” (“Hayat Tahrir al-Sham”, “Jabhat Fath al-Sham”, “Front al-Nusra”) - the organization was recognized as terrorist by decision of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation dated December 29, 2014.