MOSCOW – The Russian Ministry of Defense announced the arrest of a numberof terrorists in Syria, trained by the US, aimed at carrying out terroristoperations in the city of Tadmur in Homs province.

The terrorists were arrested Sunday morning 36 kilometers southeast to thecity of Tadmur after fighting with the Syrian army, and two terrorists werekilled during fire exchanges while others were arrested by the Syrian armytroops.

The report did not mention the exact number of the people arrested, but itis said that the terrorists attacked from al-Tenf region and one of themconfessed that he was trained in a US military base in the al-Tenf area.

The arrested terrorist whose name has not been disclosed said thatAmericans handed them arms and ammunition, and planned to carry out anumber of terrorist operations in the Tadmur to provide the ground for themain attack with 300 other terrorists.

The Russian media have repeatedly stated that the Americans are trainingSyrian terrorists through creating several bases in Syria, supplying themwith weapons and other necessary logistic backup by the Syrian terroriststhrough their 22 bases in or outside Syria.