A group of terrorists numbering up to 50 people attacked a Syrian army position in the area of residential settlements of Abu Gref, said the head of the Russian Center for reconciliation of the warring parties in the Syrian Arab Republic the General-the major Yury Barenkov. He told me that in Idlib January 17, units of government troops, assisted by artillery and tanks conducted a counterattack against the wedged in their defensive orders of the terrorists in the areas of Khan shaykhun Mucha, Et-Tah - Maar-Hatat, Tertiar - Herbet-Granny and Garganas - tall Mennis. "in the area of residential settlements of Abu Grep a gang numbering up to 50 terrorists with the assistance of the infantry fighting vehicles and six tanks attacked the positions of Syrian Arab army. The advance of the terrorists amounted to 1, is 2 km in depth and up to five hundred meters in front, " said Burenkov. He added that the Syrian military repelled the attack. The militants had to retreat. "for 18 January clashes in the area continued," - drew the attention of the major-General. He blamed the worsening situation on the terrorist cluster "Khayat Tahrir al-sham" *. According Barankova, its number within Iglinskiy areas of de-escalation without foreign mercenaries is More than 20 thousand terrorists. Major-General drew the attention of that continuing for 16 and 17 January terrorist attacks on positions of government troops is a confirmation of the purposeful actions of the command of the radical groups to disrupt the cease-fire imposed in Accordance with the Russian-Turkish agreements. "The obvious goal of terrorist groups is to destabilize the situation ", - noted He. *A terrorist organization banned in Russia. <span style="color:darkgray