Militants twice shelled the Hmeimim air base in Syria twice using multiple launch rocket systems (MLRS), head of the Russian Defense Ministry's center for Syrian reconciliation Maj. Gen. Viktor Kupchishin said at a briefing Monday
MOSCOW (Pakistan Point News / Sputnik - 06th May, 2019) Militants twice shelled the Hmeimim air base in Syria twice using multiple launch rocket systems (MLRS), head of the Russian Defense Ministry's center for Syrian reconciliation Maj. Gen. Viktor Kupchishin said at a briefing Monday."Twice today, in the morning and in the evening, the Hmeimim air base was shelled from multiple launch rocket systems. Both times, fire was delivered from the eastern direction from the area of Zawiya settlement located in the Idlib de-escalation zone and controlled by the Hayat Tahrir al-Sham group (Nusra Front, banned in Russia). In total, 36 rockets were fired. The militants delivered fire using a drone," Kupchishin said.
He said the attack had been repelled by the air defense forces on duty, adding there were no deaths or destruction at the air base, and that all the points from where militants had been firing their rockets were detected and suppressed by Russian Aerospace Forces and artillery fire of the Syrian government troops.
Kupchishin said the situation in the Idlib de-escalation zone in Syria had aggravated.
