The Russian air force has destroyed two bases of militants in Syria who left the Al-Tanf zone and were hiding in hard-to-reach mountainous areas, Yurii Popov, the deputy head of the Russian Defense Ministry's Center for Reconciliation of Opposing Sides in Syria, said on Friday.
“Russian air strikes destroyed two bases of militants who left the Al-Tanf zone and were hiding in hard-to-reach areas of the Amor mountain ranges in the Homs province and Bichri in the Deir Ez-Zor province,” Popov said in a statement.
According to him, drones of the US-led anti-terrorist coalition in Syria over the past 24 hours violated the Deconfliction Protocols of December 2019 seven times, and the airspace of the Arab Republic was violated nine times — by F-15 fighters, A-10 Thunderbolt attack aircraft and an MC electronic reconnaissance and surveillance aircraft -12W.
Moreover, over the past 24 hours, five attacks on the positions of Syrian government troops were recorded from the Jabhat al-Nusra* group and the Islamic Party of Turkestan* in the Idlib de-escalation zone. In the provinces of Latakia and Idlib, one Syrian Armed Forces serviceman was killed as a result of sniper fire from terrorists, and three more were wounded.
In 2017, during a meeting in Astana, Kazakhstan, Turkey, Russia, and Iran made the decision to establish four de-escalation zones in Syria. These zones were designated in areas that were not under control of the Syrian government.
* Terrorist organizations banned in Russia and many other states.