“The militants of the illegal armed group Magavir es-Saura, operating in the US-occupied Al-Tanf zone, are preparing provocations against the Syrian Arab army,” RIA Novosti quotes Yegorov as saying.

Earlier it was reported that the Russian Aerospace Forces destroyed more than 20 high-ranking members of the Jabhat al-Nusra* group in Idlib.

"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.