The Syrian Armed Forces, supported by Russian and Syrian combat aircraft, carried out a successful operation, defeating terrorist units in the north of Homs province, the Syrian Defense Ministry said in a statement.
Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Nasser Kanaani has emphasized that the recent missile attacks on a Mossad espionage center in Iraq’s Erbil city and terrorists’ hideout in the Syrian Idlib region are just a part of fair punishment inflicted by Iran on the security offenders.
Dozens of al-Nusra Front terrorists were killed in a strike conducted by the Syrian air force in retaliation for the murder of five soldiers.
The leaders of Turkey, Russia, France and Germany on Saturday called for a ceasefire around the last major rebel-held bastion of Idlib in Syria to be preserved.
U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday warned Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and his allies Iran and Russia not to “recklessly attack” Syria’s rebel-held Idlib province, warning that hundreds of thousands of people could be killed.
Syrian rebels have shot down a Russian warplane in north-western Idlib province on Saturday, the Russian defence ministry has confirmed.
Iran, Turkey and Russia decidded to deploy 500 observers to Idlib de-escalation zones based on an agreement reached in the latest Astana talks, Turkish Foreign Ministry said in a statement on Friday.
