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Over 3,200 people cross into Syria from Lebanon in past day — Russian military

According to Ignasyuk, one shelling attack by militants of the Jabhat al-Nusra terrorist group (outlawed in Russia) was reported in the Idlib de-escalation zone during the day

MOSCOW, November 10. /TASS/. More than 3,200 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 3,253 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, one shelling attack by militants of the Jabhat al-Nusra terrorist group (outlawed in Russia) was reported in the Idlib de-escalation zone during the day.

He also said that the US-led coalition’s aircraft violated Syria’s airspace in the al-Tanf area six times in the past 24 hours. Apart from that, two violations of the deconfliction protocols of December 9, 2019 linked with the flights by the US-led coalition unmanned aerial vehicles were reported, he added.

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