“In the province of Aleppo, as a result of sniper fire ... one Syrian soldier was killed and three wounded, and one civilian was injured,” the statement said. 

In the province of Idlib, as a result of sniper attacks on positions of government forces, one Syrian soldier was killed and three wounded.

Earlier, the head of the Russian Ministry of Defense, Sergei Shoigu, during a meeting with British Foreign Minister Ben Wallace, expressed concern about the increase in the number of terrorists of the Islamic State (IS) * in Afghanistan.

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"Islamic State" (ISIS, ISIS) - an organization recognized as a terrorist organization by the decision of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation of December 29, 2014.