“According to the information of the Syrian security authorities, sabotage and terrorist groups of radical gangs from the Idlib de-escalation zone are planning terrorist attacks in the ports of Tartus and Latakia,” the statement posted on the Russian Defense Ministry’s Facebook page says.
Zhuravlev noted that in accordance with the appeal of the Syrian authorities, the command of the Khmeimim base organized round-the-clock patrols.
Military police units patrol the seaport and the adjacent territory of the city of Latakia.
“The movement of units from the air is controlled by unmanned aerial vehicles of the Russian Aerospace Forces,” the message added.
Earlier it was reported that a soldier of the Syrian army died in the province of Idlib as a result of a mortar attack by militants.