"On February 24, at the checkpoint" Seraqab ", militants of the terrorist group" Jabhat al-Nusra "* fired a mortar attack, and also struck with the help of a homemade unmanned aerial vehicle," Sytnik quoted TASS as saying.
According to him, the command of the Russian group made a decision to evacuate the personnel of the administration of the checkpoint.
There is no information about the victims.
Earlier, Russia, Turkey and Iran issued a joint statement in which they expressed concern over the strengthening of militants in the Syrian province of Idlib.
* “Jabhat al-Nusra” (“Hayat Tahrir ash-Sham”, “Jabhat Fath al-Sham”, “Front al-Nusra”) - the organization was recognized as terrorist by the decision of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation dated December 29, 2014.