TUNIS, November 29. /TASS/. Syria’s government army has delivered a missile strike on positions of terrorists from illegal armed groups in the southern part of the Idlib governorate, the Al-Watan newspaper reported.

According to the newspaper, Syrian forces targeted militants’ positions in the al-Ruweiha, Khan al-Sabil, and Maardabsa, as well as in the Jebel al-Zawiya mountainous area in southern Idlib and the city of Mareya north of Aleppo.

Syria’s army command said earlier that government forces continue repelling attacks by militants of the Jabhat al-Nusra extremist group (outlawed in Russia) in the Aleppo and Idlib governorates.

The Syrian army command reported on November 28 that units of the Jabhat al-Nusra extremist group (outlawed in Russia) had staged a large-scale attack on Syria’s northern governorates the day prior. The terrorists attempted to seize a number of neighborhoods and military facilities and attacked the positions of government forces.

Later, the Al Mayadeen television channel said that the Syrian government army had launched a counteroffensive on the militants’ positions after they seized 20 settlements to the north and west of the city of Aleppo.