MOSCOW, January 24. /TASS/. Terrorists in Syria’s Idlib de-escalation zone are plotting sabotage acts against Syrian government troops and Russian forces in an attempt to disrupt the current ceasefire, the deputy head of the Russian reconciliation center said on Tuesday.

"The Russian Center for Reconciliation of the Opposing Parties in Syria has been informed that terrorist groups, active in the Idlib de-escalation zone, are plotting a series of sabotage acts and attacks on positions held by forces of the Syrian Arab Republic and Russian servicemen with the purpose of escalating the situation and disrupting the implementation of the Russian-Turkish agreements on joint ceasefire control," said Maj. Gen. Oleg Yegorov, deputy chief of the Russian Center for Reconciliation of the Opposing Parties in Syria (a division of the Russian defense ministry).

The Russian general said that militants were amassing armored vehicles, drones and multiple-launch rocket systems near the settlements of El Ziyara, Kafrinja and Karkur in the Idlib governorate, preparing to strike positions held by Syrian troops and provoke them to return fire.

"Subsequently, the militants plan to publish videos on social networks showing alleged damage to civilian infrastructure in order to accuse the armed forces of Russia and Syria of indiscriminate strikes on territories controlled by illegal armed groups," Yegorov added.