“According to information received from civilians, Jabhat al-Nusra [al-Nusra Front] terrorist group continues concentrating its forces to north-west of Aleppo and in northeastern regions of the Latakia province,” the ministry said in a daily bulletin posted on its website.
The ministry also reported that Ahrar al-Sham militants shelled settlements in Syrian Latakia province, as well as army positions in the province of Aleppo.
“In the Latakia province, militants of Ahrar al-Sham grouping, which had claimed to belong to the opposition, carried out shelling with mortars and multiple launch rocket systems against Sandran, Beit Smaira and Shmaisa,” the Russian center for Syrian reconciliation said.
According to the bulletin, Ahrar al-Sham militants also attacked positions of the government troops in suburbs of Sheikh Maqsood and Salah al-Din cities in Aleppo province with small arms and mortars.
