According to the Russian Ministry’s statement, the Syrian Arab Army was able to kill a large number of fighters from Jabhat al-Nusra
...formally Jabhat an-Nusrah li-Ahli al-Sham (Support Front for the People of the Levant), also known as al-Qaeda in the Levant. They aim to establish a pan-Arab caliphate. Not the same one as the Islamic State, though .. ...
(a reference to Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham
) after they attempted to bypass the government defenses."Jabhat al-Nusra gangs have simultaneously attacked positions of government troops near Abu-Duhur and Abu-Sharjah settlements," the Reconciliation Center’s head Lt. Gen. Sergei Solomatin said.
Solomatin added that the murderous Moslems had "penetrated the Syrian army’s defense at a depth of up to 1.5 kilometers [0.9 miles] but were then stopped by the fire [of the Syrian army] and pushed back beyond the contact line."
"The krazed killer attack near the Abu-Sharjah settlement was thwarted by the fire of the units of the Syrian Armed Forces. Having suffered losses, murderous Moslems withdrew to their original positions," Solomatin said.