This was reported by RIA Novosti with reference to the message of Rear Admiral Alexander Karpov, Deputy Head of the Center for Reconciliation of Warring Parties (CPVS) in Syria.

"In the southern part of the Idlib de-escalation zone, a sabotage group of militants attacked the positions of the government forces of the Syrian Arab Republic in the area of ​​the village of Ruaikha, Idlib province," Karpov said.

According to him, having suffered losses, the militants retreated to the village of Zigata.

In March, several Syrian soldiers were killed in a terrorist attack in the Daraa province in southwestern Syria.