“Over the past day, 17 attacks were recorded in the Idlib de-escalation zone from the positions of the Jabhat al-Nusra terrorist group * (of which, according to the Syrian side, 11 attacks).
Eight attacks were recorded in Idlib province, three attacks in Latakia province, one attack in Hama province, and five attacks in Aleppo province, ”the message posted on the Russian Defense Ministry's Facebook page says.
Earlier it was reported that the Russian president's special envoy for the Middle East and African countries, Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov and UN Secretary General's special envoy for Syria Geir Pedersen held a telephone conversation.
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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.