"Syrian and Russian combat aircraft carried out a series of strikes on clusters of terrorists and on their way in the area of the settlement of Safirah in the east of Aleppo province. As a result, dozens of terrorists were killed and injured. Equipment was also destroyed," the ministry said in a statement, published by the Syrian state agency.
The Syrian Defense Ministry said on Thursday that the government army had engaged in a battle with terrorists attacking the provinces of Aleppo and Idlib. Violating the agreement on de-escalation, the groups belonging to the terrorist organization Hayat Tahrir al-Sham* group (formerly known as the Nusra Front) attacked villages, settlements and military positions on a wide front in the provinces of Aleppo and Idlib.
According to the Syrian military, the army responded to the attack, as a result, the terrorists suffered losses in manpower and equipment.
*A terrorist group outlawed in Russia and many other countries.