According to the ministry, during the reconnaissance of the route of the humanitarian convoy by the Russian military police, an explosive device installed on the side of the road went off.

The Russian soldier, who was in the car, was seriously injured as a result of the incident.

Despite the medical assistance provided, he died. 

On September 4, the Russian Center for Reconciliation of Warring Parties in Syria reported that one Syrian soldier was killed as a result of artillery shelling by terrorists of positions of government forces in the area of ​​the village of Seraqab, Idlib province.

At the end of August, the CPVS reported the death of four Syrian soldiers as a result of a terrorist attack.