[ALMASDARNEWS] Two holy warrior groups of the terrorist organization 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 .. ...
(outlawed in Russia) with a total number of up to 400 people attacked Syria’s forces in the Idlib de-escalation zone, head of the Russian Reconciliation Center for the Opposing Sides in Syria (part of the Defense Ministry) Lieutenant General Sergei Solomatin told journalists on Wednesday.
"Jabhat al-Nusra holy warrior groups simultaneously attacked positions of the government forces in the areas of the communities of Abu al-Duhur and Abu Sharja. Criminal groups of 150-200 gunnies in 15-20 pick-up trucks with machine guns carried out attacks in each of the areas," he said, adding that the attack was launched in the evening of January 22.
Solomatin noted that in the Abu al-Duhur area the gunnies used a suicide kaboomer in a car who was eliminated by an anti-tank guided missile near the front line of the government forces.
"The turbans managed to break as far as 1.5 km deep into the position of the Syrian army, after which they were stopped by fire and driven outside the contact line by the reserve forces that had approached," the general added. The holy warriors’ attack was derailed in the Abu Sharja area by the fire unleashed by the Syrian forces. The gunnies suffered losses and returned to their start line positions, Solomatin reported.
He noted that the Reconciliation Center for the Opposing Sides is cooperating with the