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- The ministry added that it shot down three drones belonging to the group
- 20 anti-Assad militants in Idlib killed in a Russian air strike on March 5: Russian media
DUBAI: Syrian defense ministry said on Thursday its armed forces clashed with a “terrorist group” that tried attacking a military post near Idlib.
The ministry added that it shot down three drones belonging to the group and captured one of its members.
Meanwhile, a Russian official was quoted by news agencies as saying Russian aircraft struck two bases operated by anti-government forces in Idlib province, killing at least 20 militants.
Rear Admiral Vadim Kulit, a senior official at a Russian center in Syria, was quoted as saying the strikes had taken place on Tuesday. Russian forces have fought for a decade in support of President Bashar Assad’s government.
Kulit said the attacks destroyed “two sites serving as bases for fighters taking part in the shelling of Syrian government forces. More than 20 terrorists were liquidated.”
Kulit was also quoted as saying that in the past 24 hours a Syrian government soldier had been killed when government forces came under fire from fighters in Latakia province.