“In the Idlib de-escalation zone, 21 attacks were recorded from the positions of the Jabhat al-Nusra terrorist group (including, according to the Syrian side, 20 attacks).

Ten attacks were recorded in Idlib province, six attacks in Latakia province, three attacks in Aleppo province, and two attacks in Hama province, ”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.

“Jabhat al-Nusra” (“Hayat Tahrir al-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.