(Zaman Al Wasl)- The regime army said Saturday its air defenses foiled a drone attack by "terrorist" groups on a main military base in northern Idlib province where a Russian-brokered ceasefire has stopped four months of bombing.
The three drones, which were carrying explosives, were shot down Friday and destroyed without causing any losses, the army said in a statement reported on state-run media.
The Idlib region saw a lull in air raids that have been pounding rebel-held territory after Russia's defense ministry announced on Aug. 30 that Syrian regime forces would unilaterally cease fire in a "de-escalation zone" brokered two year ago.
The Russian defense ministry also urged insurgent factions to join the truce.
About 1100 civilians have been killed by regime forces and Russia since late of April, according to the Syrian Network for Human Rights.
Most of Idlib province and parts of neighbouring Aleppo and Latakia provinces are controlled by Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, a jihadist group led by Syria's former al-Qaeda affiliate.
Assad, who now controls around 60 percent of the country, has vowed to reclaim the rest, including Idlib.
Eight years of war in Syria have killed 560,000 people and driven half the pre-war population of 22 million from their homes, including more than 6 million as refugees to neighbouring countries.
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