This was during a briefing said the head of the Russian Center for the reconciliation of warring parties in the SAR Rear Admiral Alexander Shcherbitsky.
“According to information received by the CPVS from the local population, the militants of the terrorist group“ Hayat Tahrir Al-Sham ”plan to conduct a provocation in the area of settlements Sfuhon, Fatira and Flyifel in Idlib province in order to accuse government forces of using chemical weapons,” RIA Novosti quoted him as saying. .
Shcherbitsky added that the terrorists made at least 15 improvised explosive devices in the laboratory in the city of Sarmada, stuffed with unknown poisonous substances.
Earlier, militants fired on settlements in Aleppo and Idlib.
* “Hayat Tahrir al-Sham” (“Jabhat Fath al-Sham”, “Front al-Nusra”, “Jabhat al-Nusra”) - the organization was recognized as terrorist by decision of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation dated December 29, 2014.