MOSCOW, November 8. /TASS/. Nearly 5,000 people entered the Syrian territory from Lebanon in the past 24 hours, Oleg Ignasyuk, deputy chief of the Russian Center for Reconciliation of the Opposing Parties in Syria (a division of the Russian defense ministry), said.
"Over the past day, as many as 4,766 people crossed Syria’s border from Lebanon via the checkpoints of Al-Arida, Al-Jawasiyeh, Al-Dabousiyah, Jisr Qamar, and Jdaidet Yabous," he said.
According to Ignasyuk, four Syrian servicemen were wounded after makeshift explosive devices were dropped from unmanned aerial vehicles launched by terrorists from the vicinity of Mantaf at Syrian government army’s positions near the settlement of Khan al-Sebil in the Idlib governorate.
He also said that aircraft of the so-called international anti-terrorist coalition led by the United States continue to violate deconfliction protocols and create dangerous situations that may cause air accidents or incidents and escalate the situation in Syria’s airspace.
"Three pairs of the coalition’s F-15 and a pair of Rafale fighter jets violated Syria’s airspace in the al-Tanf area, across which international air routes run, eight times during the day," he added.