A group of militants who were trained at the US base surrendered to the Syrian army

MOSCOW, April 15 – RIA Novosti. Twenty-seven militants surrendered to the Syrian military, reported that trained on an American military base in the area of the camp of “Ruban”, said at a press briefing the head of the Russian Center for reconciliation of the warring parties in Syria, rear Admiral Oleg Zhuravlev.

Terrorists were caught in the night from 13 to 14 April, when they tried to leave the area of al-TANF.

According to Zhuravleva, the militants had planned to surrender to government forces and return to civilian life. On the border of the 55-kilometer security zone they attacked a detachment of the radical gangs “commando revolution” — “Mahavir As-Saura”, controlled by the United States.

“as a result of clashes had broken through the rebels lost three pickup truck. To escape are 27 people who are currently in Palmyra under the protection of Syrian government forces,” — said Zhuravlev.

During the arrest, they passed dozens of pieces of small arms, including grenade launchers and heavy machine guns.