- Sputnik International
World
Get the latest news from around the world, live coverage, off-beat stories, features and analysis.

Russian Military Thwarts Suicide Attack on Humanitarian Convoy in Syria

© AFP 2023 / George OURFALIANMembers of the Russian Military police stand guard in the northern city of Manbij as Syrians who fled the city of Aleppo due to the fighting prepare to return to their hometown, on April 5, 2017
Members of the Russian Military police stand guard in the northern city of Manbij as Syrians who fled the city of Aleppo due to the fighting prepare to return to their hometown, on April 5, 2017 - Sputnik International
Subscribe
The attacker possessed 10 kilograms (approximately 22 pounds) of explosives and grenades.

MOSCOW (Sputnik) – Russian troops have identified and disarmed a suicide attacker attempting to target a humanitarian aid convoy heading toward Syria’s Eastern Ghouta, chief of the Main Operational Directorate of the Russian General Staff, Col. Gen. Sergei Rudskoi, said Friday.

"As the humanitarian convoy was passing through a checkpoint on the demarcation line, the Russian military servicemen identified, disarmed and handed over to Syria’s security service representatives a suicide attacker, who possessed 10 kilograms [approximately 22 pounds] of explosives and grenades," Rudskoy said.

A truck of the Syrian Arab Army (SAA). (File) - Sputnik International
Why Safe Zones Proposed by Russia, Iran, Turkey Have Nothing to Do With US' Plan
Rudskoi also noted that Russian troops and four unmanned aerial vehicles accompanied the convoy of 51 trucks carrying food and medicine.

The civil war in Syria has been lasting for around six years with government troops fighting against numerous opposition factions and terror organizations such as al-Nusra Front and Daesh, outlawed in Russia.

The nationwide Syrian ceasefire regime was introduced on December 30, 2016. Terrorist organizations are not part of the ceasefire.

Newsfeed
0
To participate in the discussion
log in or register
loader
Chats
Заголовок открываемого материала