ISLAMABAD – Drones downed on Sunday near Russia’s Hmeimim airbase in Syriawere launched from the Idlib de-escalation zone, Maj. Gen. Yuri Borenkov,the commander of the Russian Centre for Syrian Reconciliation, said.
“On 1 February, at about 11 p.m. Moscow time [20:00 GMT], Russian Hmeimimairbase airspace control means discovered unmanned aerial vehicles launchedfrom an area of the Idlib de-escalation zone under the control of illegalarmed units. Means of electronic warfare of the airbase intercepting anddisabled all UAVs by disrupting their control systems”, the message read.
No casualties and damage have been registered at the base after the attack,and the base is currently operating in a normal mode.
In January, the Syrian army started an offensive in the west of Aleppo overmilitants’ daily shelling of the city’s residential areas.
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Syria has been in the state of civil war for over six years, withgovernment forces fighting against both Syrian opposition groups andterrorist organisations. The country’s civilian population is in dire needof assistance amid continuing fighting and subsequent humanitarian crisis.Multiple international organisations and individual states provide aid forthe residents of the war-affected areas.
Moscow started its counterterrorism operation in Syria on 30 September 2015at the request of Damascus. Russia is also a guarantor of the Syrianceasefire along with Turkey and Iran.
