Peskov said Moscow is in contact with Syrian authorities to escalate the situation in the country

Against the background of the worsening situation in Syria, Moscow is in constant contact with Damascus. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on December 5.

"At the moment we are watching very closely what is happening in Syria. We are in constant dialog with our Syrian friends, with Damascus," Peskov said at a briefing.

He added that depending on the assessment of the situation, it will be possible to understand what kind of assistance the Syrian authorities need to cope with the terrorist threat.

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The day before, on December 4, the deputy head of the Russian Center for Reconciliation of Enemy Parties in Syria, Captain First Rank Oleg Ignasyuk, said that the Syrian army together with the Russian Air and Space Forces (VKS) had struck militants' control points and hideouts with missiles and bombs, destroying up to 120 terrorists.

On the same day, Russian Permanent Representative to the UN Vasily Nebenzya said that Russia strongly condemns the sortie of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham terrorists in Syria (the organization is recognized as a terrorist organization and banned in Russia). The Permanent Representative drew attention to the fact that the US and its allies are supporting the militants in order to "sow chaos in Syria." Nebenzya recalled that the Russian Armed Forces are operating in Syria at the request of the legitimate authorities in Damascus and are fighting back against terrorists.

Before that, on November 29, the Syrian army eliminated hundreds of terrorists in Aleppo and Idlib provinces. The Armed Forces of the Arab Republic continued the offensive against all points where the militants had entrenched themselves, and from part of the positions radical Islamists managed to dislodge.

The Syrian Ministry reported on November 28 that terrorist groups launched a major attack in Aleppo and Idlib, and the Syrian Army began to repel it, inflicting serious damage to the militants' equipment and manpower.