“Over the past day, 24 attacks from the positions of the Jabhat al-Nusra terrorist group were recorded in the Idlib de-escalation zone (including, according to the Syrian side, 20 attacks).
In the province of Idlib, 16 attacks were registered, in the province of Latakia - three attacks, in the province of Aleppo - three attacks, in the province of Hama - two attacks, ”reads a statement posted on the Russian Defense Ministry's Facebook page.
Earlier it was reported that Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Vershinin held a telephone conversation with the UN Secretary General's Special Envoy for Syria Geir Pedersen.
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“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.