“In the Idlib de-escalation zone, 36 attacks were recorded from the positions of the Jabhat al-Nusra terrorist group (including, according to the Syrian side, 31 attacks), of which in Idlib province - 16 attacks, in Latakia province - 12 attacks, in the province Aleppo - two attacks, in the province of Hama - six attacks, ”RIA Novosti quoted him as saying.

Earlier it was reported that sappers of the Russian armed forces destroyed a cave abandoned by militants in the Syrian "white desert" near Palmyra, which was previously used as a command post.

“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.