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Over 2,500 people cross into Syria from Lebanon in past day — Russian military

Apart from that, a Syrian soldier was wounded after an explosive device was dropped from a drone launched by terrorists from the Tekad area at the positions of government forces near the settlement of Basratun

MOSCOW, November 26. /TASS/. More than 2,500 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 2,530 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 Iganysuk, the US-led coalition’s aircraft violated Syria’s air space in the al-Tanf area 12 times during the past day. "A pair of the coalition’s F-15 fighter jets (five times) and a pair of Rafale fighter jets violated Syria’s airspace in the al-Tanf area, across which international air routes run, 12 times during the day," he said.

Apart from that, he said that a Syrian soldier was wounded after an explosive device was dropped from a drone launched by terrorists from the Tekad area at the positions of government forces near the settlement of Basratun.