The General staff of the armed forces: the onset of the “al-Nusra Dzhebhat” in Idlib initiated by US intelligence
MOSCOW, September 20. /TASS/. Militants “dzhebhat an-Nusra” (banned in the RF group) launched a large-scale offensive on the positions of Syrian troops in the area of de-escalation “Idlib” in order to disrupt the successful promotion of government troops near the Deir ez-Zor.
This was announced on Wednesday by the chief of the Main operations Directorate of the General staff of the armed forces of the Russian Federation Sergey rudskoy.
“Despite the agreement, signed on 15 November in Astana, the militants “dzhebhat an-Nusra” and joined them troops, do not want to comply with the terms of the cease of hostilities, from eight in the morning on September 19 launched a large-scale offensive on the positions of government troops to the North and North-East of the city of Hama in the area of de-escalation “of Idlib,” said rudskoy. One of the main goals of the actions of the militants was an attempt to capture the units of the military police, carrying out tasks at the observation point deployed in the area as forces of control de-escalation.
“According to reports, the attack initiated by the American secret services to stop successfully developing the promotion of the government troops to the East of Deir ez-Zor”, he added.
Rudskoy said that the militants were advancing with tanks and infantry fighting vehicles, it was preceded by a powerful fire training. “The day the militants managed to break into the defense of government troops to a depth of 12 kilometers, at the front up to 20 kilometers,” — said the Armenian President.