This was announced by the Deputy Head of the Russian Center for the Reconciliation of the Warring Parties in the Arab Republic, Major General Oleg Yegorov.

“In the province of Latakia, as a result of artillery shelling carried out by terrorists ... four Syrian soldiers were killed and six wounded,” RIA Novosti quotes him as saying.

Earlier it was reported that the Syrian army repelled an attack by terrorists from the Jabhat al-Nusra group.

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 December 29, 2014.