The delay in starting the offensive led to a counterattack by the militants.

Against the background of how the offensive operation of the Syrian army in the Syrian province of Idlib was delayed for a number of forced reasons, due to the need to strengthen Syrian units with modern equipment and weapons, the militants launched an unexpected counterattack. In total, during the day they carried out 20 attacks on SAA posts and areas of concentration of the Syrian army.

“Over the past 20 hours, 10 attacks were recorded in the Idlib de-escalation zone from the positions of the Jabhat al-Nusra terrorist group (banned in Russia - editor's note) (of which, according to the Syrian side, 7 attacks). In the province of Idlib, 7 attacks were recorded, in the province of Aleppo - 2 attacks, in the province of Hama - 4 attacks, in the province of Latakia - XNUMX attacks. In the province of Idlib, as a result of a mortar shelling by terrorists from the area of ​​the settlement of Fatira on the positions of government forces in the area of ​​the settlement of Mellanja, a Syrian soldier was wounded ", - reports the Center for the Reconciliation of the Warring Parties of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation in Syria.

Terrorist attacks are designed to thwart the offensive of the Syrian army. In this case, we are talking only about the recorded violations of de-escalation. This points to the fact that Ankara is still not fulfilling its obligations and gives Russia the right to refuse to fulfill other terms of the deal in the region.