Russian Defense Ministry says militants fired 25 unguided rockets into Syria’s Hama

02 September 2021


A child has been killed and nine civilians have been wounded as a result of the shelling of the Syrian village of Jurin (Hama Province) by militants of the Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham terrorist organization (outlawed in the Russian Federation). This was reported by Rear Admiral Vadim Kulit, Deputy Chief of the Russian Centre for Reconciliation of the Opposing Parties in Syria.


‘On September 1, at around 16:30, militants of the Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham terrorist organization opened fire with a multiple rocket launcher from the area of Duwayr al-Akrad (12 km northeast of Salma) into the village of Jurin in Al Ghab Valley (13 km southeast of Salma), launching 25 unguided rockets’, Kulit said during a briefing on Wednesday.


According to the Deputy Chief of the Centre, as a result of the terrorist attack ‘a child was killed, while nine civilians were wounded of varying severity’.


Throughout the day, in the de-escalation zone of Idlib, 23incidents of shelling by the Jabhat al-Nusra terrorist group (banned in the Russian Federation) were recorded in the provinces of Idlib, Latakia and Aleppo. Another three incidents of shelling by Turkey-controlled illegal armed groups were recorded in the Tell Rifaat area.


‘The Russian Centre for Reconciliation of the Opposing Parties calls on the commanders of illegal armed groups to stop armed provocations and take the path of a peaceful resolution of the situation in the areas under their control’, Kulit stressed.

 

 

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Based on materials from TASS