UNITED NATIONS, December 4. /TASS/. Russia resolutely condemns the incursion of terrorists from the Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham group (HTS, designated as a terrorist organization in Russia) on the territory of Syria, Russian Permanent Representative to the United Nations Vasily Nebenzya said.
"For our part, we firmly condemn this coordinated attack by the HTS terrorists in control of Idlib, which is destabilizing the already tense situation on Syrian soil. We have repeatedly warned against flirting with international terrorists who have entrenched themselves in direct proximity to Aleppo. However, our Western colleagues, driven by hatred towards the legitimate authorities in Syria, have not stopped cooperating with them," he told the UN Security Council.
He went on to say that the Syrian military, with support from Russia and other allies operating at the request of the legitimate Syrian authorities, is repelling the militants.
"Precision and calibrated strikes with the use of fighter jets, artillery and multiple rocket launchers are being carried out against positions of the terrorist movement and the fighters who have joined it. Since the beginning of the operation, about 400 terrorists have been eliminated and over 600 have been wounded," Nebenzya added.
Units of the Jabhat al-Nusra extremist group (outlawed in Russia) staged a large-scale attack on Syria’s northern governorates early on November 27. According to the Syrian government army command, the terrorists attempted to seize a number of neighborhoods and military facilities, attacking the positions of government forces. The Syrian army launched an operation to repel the attack.
On November 30, the Syrian army command said that government forces were delivering strikes on terrorists’ positions in Aleppo. According to the Syrian defense ministry, the army had to regroup to save the lives of civilians and its troops and prepare for a counterattack.