“Against the background of the Turkish leadership’s statements about the start of a new military operation in the north of the Syrian Arab Republic in the Idlib de-escalation zone, there has been an increase in the activities of illegal armed groups aimed at aggravating the situation,” RIA Novosti quotes Zhuravlev.
According to him, 12 attacks by terrorists on the Idlib de-escalation zone in Syria were recorded per day.
Earlier, US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken said that the United States authorities oppose Turkey's new military operation in northern Syria.
The official representative of the Turkish President, Ibrahim Kalin, said that Turkey is not obliged to ask permission to conduct a military operation in Syria, because Ankara "protects the borders of Turkey."