"Within last 24 hours, in the Aleppo province terrorists have fired with MLRS and mortars against the Khai-al-Ansari and Al-Halidiyah, the cement plant and the Air Force school. Armed formations of the terrorist groupings in the Damascus province have opened mortar fire against inhabited areas Haush-al-Farra, Kaush-Harabu, Jaubar as well as the school of medical service in the Harasta inhabited area," the ministry said in a daily bulletin posted on its website.
Terrorists are also said to have shelled the Mardes and Kaukab inhabited areas as well as an airfield zone in the province of Hama. Jihadists also fired against the Al-Manshia quarter of the city of Daraa, according to the Defense Ministry.
Syria has been mired in civil war since 2011, with government forces loyal to President Bashar Assad fighting numerous opposition factions and extremist groups. On February 27, a US-Russia brokered ceasefire came into force in Syria. Terrorist groups such as Islamic State (ISIL, also known as Daesh), as well as Jabhat Fatah al Sham (previously known as al-Nusra Front), both outlawed in Russia and a range of other states, are not part of the deal.
