Reconciliation Center Says Terrorists Shelled Syria's Idlib Zone Five Times In Past Day

Reconciliation Center Says Terrorists Shelled Syria's Idlib Zone Five Times in Past Day

MOSCOW (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 24th May, 2022) Rear Adm. Oleg Zhuravlyov, deputy head of the Russian Defense Ministry's Center for Reconciliation of Opposing Sides in Syria, said at a briefing that the Jabhat al-Nusra terrorist group (banned in Russia) shelled Syria's Idlib de-escalation zone five times over the past 24 hours.

"Five shelling attacks from the positions of the Jabhat al-Nusra terrorist group were registered in the Idlib de-escalation zone over the past day," Rear Adm. Zhuravlyov said.

"Two attacks in the province of Aleppo, two in Idlib, and one in Latakia," he said.

Rear Adm. Zhuravlyov said one Syrian serviceman was wounded when terrorist snipers opened fire on the government troops' positions.

The Russian Defense Ministry's Center for Reconciliation of Opposing Sides and Control over the Movement of Refugees in the Syrian Arab Republic was established in February 2016. Its tasks include the signing of agreements on illegal armed groups and individual settlements joining the regime of cessation of hostilities, as well as coordinating the delivery of humanitarian aid.