“In the province of Hama, as a result of a tank shelling carried out by terrorists from the Hallub region on the positions of government forces in the area of the settlement of El-Fatatuat, two Syrian soldiers were injured and four were killed,” he said.
In addition, according to Zhuravlev, 19 attacks by militants were recorded in the Idlib de-escalation zone.
Earlier, Zhuravlev informed that the terrorists were suppressing the protests of the civilian population in Syria by force.
He added that there has been an increase in provocative shelling by terrorist groups against the positions of the Syrian government forces.
Prior to this, the TsPVS reported on the intensification of the activities of illegal armed groups in the Idlib de-escalation zone after Turkey's statements about the start of a military operation in Syria.
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"Jabhat al-Nusra" ("Hayat Tahrir ash-Sham", "Jabhat Fatah ash-Sham", "Al-Nusra Front") - the organization was recognized as a terrorist organization by the decision of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation of 12/29/2014.