Nusra Terrorists Shell Syria's Idlib Deescalation Zone 38 Times - Russian Military

MOSCOW (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 09th April, 2021) Militants of the Hayat Tahrir al-Sham terrorist group (formerly known as the Nusra Front, banned in Russia) carried out 38 shelling attacks in Syria's Idlib deescalation zone over the past 24 hours, Rear Adm. Alexander Karpov, the deputy head of the Russian Defense Ministry's Center for Reconciliation of Opposing Sides in Syria, said on Thursday.

"We have registered 38 instances of shelling in the Idlib deescalation zone, launched from the positions of the Jabhat al-Nusra terrorist organization (including 31 attacks based on data provided by the Syrian side), 22 of them in Idlib province, 10 in Latakia province, two in Aleppo province, and four in Hama province," Karpov said at a daily briefing.

According to the senior military, no attacks by Turkey-backed armed groups were recorded over the given period.

Karpov also said that the Russian army aviation had conducted air patrols along routes from the Metras airfield to the Kvayres airfield and back.