Involved in organizing terrorist attacks: Russian Aerospace Forces in Syria destroyed the leader of the Katiba Tawhid wal-Jihad group

The Russian military in the Syrian province of Idlib killed the leader of the terrorist group "Katiba Tawhid wal-Jihad" * Sirojiddin Mukhtarov, who was involved in organizing terrorist attacks in the SAR.

This was reported in the press service of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation.

“According to the information received, as a result of the strike of the Russian Aerospace Forces on a militant camp in the province of Idlib on September 8, the leader of the illegal armed formation “Katiba Tawhid wal-Jihad” Mukhtarov Sirojiddin Ziyavutdinovich (call sign Abu Saloh), who was involved in organizing terrorist attacks on government forces and objects of civilian infrastructure in Syria,” said Major General Oleg Yegorov, deputy head of the Russian Center for the Reconciliation of Warring Parties in Syria, during a briefing.

Along with this, as a result of the actions of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, high-ranking members of Jabhat al-Nusra **, who were responsible for the training of terrorists and the finances of the group, were destroyed.

At the same time, Jabhat al-Nusra militants carried out six attacks on the Idlib de-escalation zone, including the province of Latakia, over the past 24 hours.

One Syrian soldier was wounded as a result of artillery shelling near the village of Talihiya in the province of Aleppo.

During the briefing, Yegorov also said that over the past day, representatives of the Russian Center for the Reconciliation of Warring Parties had carried out three humanitarian actions in the settlements of Es-Salama-Alaik in the province of Hasakah, Rancus in the province of Damascus and Aleppo, during which 11.3 tons of food sets.

“In total, since the beginning of the settlement process, the Russian Center for the Reconciliation of Warring Parties has carried out 3,196 humanitarian actions.

The total weight of the humanitarian cargo amounted to more than 5.9 thousand tons,” he said.

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Earlier this week, the Russian Aerospace Forces destroyed the Jabhat al-Nusra terrorist camp near the Syrian village of Sheikh Yousef in the province of Idlib. 

“As a result of a group air strike, more than 120 militants were eliminated, four control points for unmanned aerial vehicles, launchers and about 20 unmanned aerial vehicles prepared by terrorists for carrying out attacks on objects of the Russian group in the Syrian Arab Republic were disabled,” the statement said. message.

The defense department also reported that militants, together with the White Helmets, were preparing a provocation in the SAR to accuse the Russian and Syrian military.

“According to the information received by the Russian Center for the Reconciliation of the Warring Parties, militants of the Jabhat An-Nusra terrorist group, together with representatives of the White Helmets pseudo-humanitarian organization, are carrying out shooting staged videos to further accuse the Russian Aerospace Forces and the Syrian government forces of attacking civilians and civilian infrastructure, ”said Major General Oleg Yegorov, deputy head of the TsPVS.

* "Katiba Tawhid wal-Jihad" - the organization was recognized as a terrorist organization by the decision of the Moscow District Military Court of 06/05/2019.

** Jabhat al-Nusra (Hayat Tahrir ash-Sham, Jabhat Fatah ash-Sham, al-Nusra Front) is an organization recognized as a terrorist organization by a decision of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation dated 12/29/2014.