Al-Nusra Front Concentrates Forces in Syrian Latakia

© Flickr / coolloudMembers of jihadist group Al-Nusra Front take part in a parade calling for the establishment of an Islamic state in Syria, at the Bustan al-Qasr neighbourhood of Aleppo, on October 25, 2013
Members of jihadist group Al-Nusra Front take part in a parade calling for the establishment of an Islamic state in Syria, at the Bustan al-Qasr neighbourhood of Aleppo, on October 25, 2013 - Sputnik International
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The al-Nusra Front terrorist group continues to focus its forces in north-eastern parts of the Syrian province of Latakia, the Russian Defense Ministry said.

MOSCOW (Sputnik) — Syria has been mired in civil war since 2011, with forces loyal to the government of Syrian President Bashar Assad fighting against numerous opposition and extremist groups.

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"According to information received from civilians and opposition forces, Jabhat al-Nusra terrorist grouping continues concentrating its forces in north-eastern regions of the Latakia province," the ministry said in a daily bulletin posted on its website on Monday.

According to the document, Russia is also forming humanitarian convoys to camps for internally displaced people in Latakia, as well as to citizens of two settlements in the Syrian Hama province.

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