The Syrian military suffered casualties during a clash with militants in Idlib. About this informed the head of the Russian center for reconciliation of the warring parties in Syria, rear Admiral Alexander Shcherbitsky, reports “Interfax”.
It is noted that the militants of the banned in Russia grouping “Dzhabhat-EN-Nusra” tried several times to break through the positions of the Syrian army near the settlement Hamrat, but all their attacks were repulsed. Forces and equipment of the terrorists suffered considerable losses. However, among the Syrian military losses there.
On 30 July it was reported that the Syrian army’s fifth consecutive day of shelling of the militants in the town of Kabani and in the mountains of Jabal al-akrad in North-West Idlib province.
Idlib province is the only Syrian region, most of which is still controlled by the terrorists. On 5 March, the presidents of Russia and Turkey Vladimir Putin and Recep Tayyip Erdogan agreed on a ceasefire in the province: they agreed to the additional Protocol, under which the cessation of all hostilities on the frontline in Idlib and creates a so-called security corridor along the M4. The reason for the talks at the highest level was a sharp aggravation of the situation in Idlib, in January-February Turkey has killed at least 62 soldiers.
