Militants shelling in Idlib province MOSCOW, Jan 1 In Syria, as a result of mortar shelling of militants from the Bnin region, one serviceman of the republic was killed on the positions of government forces near the settlement of Khantutin. Rear Admiral Oleg Zhuravlev, Deputy Head of the Russian Center for Reconciliation of Warring Parties in the SAR, told reporters about this. … In 2017, Moscow announced the defeat of IS * and the beginning of the withdrawal of its units from the territory of the Syrian Arab Republic. In some areas of the Arab Republic, mopping-up operations from militants continue. Now the foreground is the political settlement, the restoration of the country, as well as the return of refugees. * A terrorist organization banned in Russia. 
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