"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," TASS quoted him as saying.

He said that "as a result of the attack, one Syrian soldier was killed and two more were wounded, and up to 70 militants were killed by the return fire of government troops."

The CPVS reported that terrorists attacked the positions of the Syrian army in the province of Idlib.