ISIL militants try to seize high points near Palmyra, Tyfor
MOSCOW. May 16 (Interfax-AVN) - Militants from the terrorist organization ISIL (banned by a Russian court) made several attempts to seize high points near Palmyra and Tyfor in the past 24 hours, the Russian Defense Ministry said.
"In the vicinity of the populated localities of Palmyra and Tyfor, governmental troops prevented repeated attempts of ISIL units to take over high points," says an information bulletin published on the Russian Defense Ministry's website on Sunday.
Besides, groups controlled by Jabhat al-Nusra terrorists resumed their attacks near the populated locality of Qaramanli in the Latakia province, the ministry said.
Groups of the international terrorist organization Jabhat al-Nusra continue their efforts to thwart the regime of the cessation of hostilities, the ministry said.