"We have reliable information that a large-scale offensive operation is being planned with the aim to cut the road connecting Aleppo and Damascus," Rudskoy told a news briefing on Monday.
He said Jabhat al-Nusra (outlawed in Russia) was conducting active combat operations in the south and north of Aleppo Province. Its gangs have seized El-Es and Zerba. Also, Rudskoy said, in the north of Aleppo militants were pushing ahead with attacks near Sheikh Maksoud and al-Zagra. The offensive against Khandrat is continuing.
"Syria’s northern areas may be besieged again, if these operations by terrorists are not upset. The Syrian army and Russian aircraft have not focused on disrupting these plans of Jabhat al-Nusra gangs. There are no plans for storming Aleppo," Rudskoy said.
He said that Russia strictly complied with the commitments assumed under an agreement with the United States on the termination of combat operations in Syria.
"The Russian aerospace group does not attack armed groups that have put their signatures to the ceasefire agreement," he said.
According to the official, about 10,000 Jabhat al-Nusra militants are concentrated near Aleppo.
"According to the information we have, about 8,000 Jabhat al-Nusra militants have concentrated to the southwest of Aleppo; up to 1,500 militants have gathered to the north of the city," Rudskoi said.
He added that several militant groups with a total strength of 200 fighters had arrived in the populated localities of Tell-Hadiya and Banes over the past 24 hours.
"Two detachments with a total strength of more than 100 men have arrived from the al-Khalifa settlement in the Muheim-Handrat village. They have one tank and 22 rough-terrain vehicles with large-caliber machine-guns mounted on top at their disposal," the general said.......More: http://tass.ru/en/world/868801
11/4/16
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