Two Syrian Servicemen Wounded In Shelling In Idlib Zone - Reconciliation Center

MOSCOW (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 03rd May, 2022) Two Syrian servicemen were wounded when the Jabhat al-Nusra terrorist group (banned in Russia) shelled the Idlib de-escalation zone in Syria, Rear Adm. Oleg Zhuravlyov, deputy head of the Russian Defense Ministry's Center for Reconciliation of Opposing Sides in Syria, said at a briefing.

Rear Adm. Zhuravlyov said five shelling attacks from Jabhat al-Nusra's positions were registered in the Idlib zone over the past day.

"In the province of Idlib, one attack, in Latakia - one, in Hama - three. In Idlib province, a mortar attack carried out by terrorists.

.. on the positions of government troops... left a Syrian serviceman wounded. In Hama province, artillery shelling by terrorists... left one Syrian serviceman wounded," he said.

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.