MOSCOW (Dispatches) –
Russia has claimed that the militant factions in Idlib recently intensified the production of weapons and drones.
Deputy head of the Russian Reconciliation Center Rear Admiral Vadim Kolet stated that Russia: “Will not allow any acts of incitement against the Russian military.”
Kolet claimed that the leadership of the Russian armed forces group in Syria is ready to take the most decisive measures to protect the lives of Syrians from Russian and Syrian civilians and military.
He pointed out that the militants are conducting active recruitment operations, calling on their leaders to: “Reject any acts of incitement and follow the path for a peaceful settlement of the conflict.”
On Thursday, Kolet expressed: “Russia is deeply concerned about information indicating the preparation of terrorist attacks against the Russian armed forces’ targets and patrols in Syria. Data indicates that the al-Nusra Front group (Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham) is actively preparing suicide bombers whose mission is to carry out attacks against targets and patrols belonging to the Russian army and regime forces.”
Kolet pointed out that the Russian side is concerned, adding that the Russian forces will take the most decisive measures against the planners of the attacks.
Russian Air Force on Saturday launched an airstrike on the positions of terrorists near Syria’s Idlib.
A day earlier, Vadim Kulit, deputy chief of the Russian Center for Reconciliation of the Opposing Parties in Syria said that the U.S.-led coalition’s fighter jets and drones violated Syria’s airspace 28 times during the past day, TASS reported.
“Aircraft of the so-called U.S.-led international anti-terrorist coalition continue to create dangerous situation in the sky over Syria, infringing upon Syria’s airspace and violating deconfliction protocols. Eleven violations of the deconfliction protocols of December 9, 2019, linked with the flights by the coalition drones were reported in Syria in the past 24 hours,” he said.
According to Kulit, the number of violations of Syria’s airspace in the al-Tanf area, across which international air routes run, is growing. “Thus, during the day, 17 such violations by one pair of the coalition’s F-16, five pairs of F-35, and two pairs of Rafale fighter jets, as well as by two MQ-1C multi-role unmanned aerial vehicles were reported,” he said.