Russian Defense Ministry: militants are preparing attacks on Russian targets in Syria

Militants of the terrorist group Jabhat al-Nusra (banned in the Russian Federation) are preparing an attack on civilian targets in Syria, as well as on the locations of Russian and Syrian military personnel. The command of the Russian group of troops and the leadership of the republican Armed Forces will take the necessary proactive measures. This was announced by the deputy head of the Russian Center for Reconciliation of Warring Parties (CPVS) in the Arab Republic, Rear Admiral Vadim Kulit.

“According to data received by the Russian Center for the Reconciliation of Warring Parties, militants of the terrorist group Jabhat al-Nusra in the area of ​​the village of Al-Bab are preparing to launch strikes <...> against civilian infrastructure, locations of Russian and Syrian military personnel, as well as airfields in Aleppo province,” he said. It is clarified that the strikes were planned to be carried out using drones and multiple launch rocket systems (MLRS), created in a “handicraft way”.

Vadim Kulit clarified that over the past day, six shellings of the Syrian army were recorded in the Idlib de-escalation zone. There was one shelling in Aleppo province, two in Idlib, and three in Latakia.

Previously TV channel RT reported that a US military base on the border with Syria was fired at by 15 rockets. Attack on the location of the Al-Omar oil field. The situation in the region has become tense after the US Air Force struck the eastern neighborhoods of Deir ez-Zor in response to Syrian actions.