"As a result of terrorist shelling of positions of government forces in the area of the settlement of Melladja, Idlib province, one serviceman of the Syrian government forces was wounded," - said in a message published on the Russian Defense Ministry's Facebook page.
It is also reported that "militants of illegal armed groups operating in the territory of the Aleppo province controlled by the Turkish armed forces launched an artillery strike from the area of the Jibrin settlement on the positions of government forces in the area of the Maraanaz settlement."
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.