The Russian army killed 34 “militants” and wounded more than 60 others by launching airstrikes in Syria’s Idlib province, the Interfax news agency reported late yesterday, citing Rear Admiral Vadim Kulit, deputy director of the so-called Russian reconciliation center in Syria.

“The Russian Aerospace Forces carried out airstrikes in Idlib province” targeting “illegal armed groups that were engaged in artillery bombardment of positions of Syrian government troops,” Rear Admiral Kulit said, according to Interfax, clarifying that the operation took place the day before Saturday.

Rear Admiral Kulit added that there were seven attacks against Syrian government troops within 24 hours.

Furthermore, the Russian top officer reported that American aircraft, manned and unmanned, repeatedly violated the airspace and made flights without any prior coordination to avoid parallel actions with the Russian side.

US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin announced yesterday that US airstrikes were carried out against facilities “connected” to Iran.

The Syrian army blames rebel organizations – according to it jihadists – for attacks on government positions in the provinces of Idlib and Aleppo. It denies that it indiscriminately bombards areas where displaced persons live under the control of anti-regime forces.

Syrian opposition figures say Damascus and Moscow are taking advantage of the world’s focus on the Israel/Hamas war in the Gaza Strip to step up their crackdown on areas home to more than 3 million people, many of them displaced from other Syrian cities. regions, which refuse to submit to the authoritarian government of President Bashar al-Assad.