...al-Qaeda's Syrian affiliate, from which sprang the Islamic State...(HTS, formerly al-Nusra
...formally Jabhat an-Nusrah li-Ahli al-Sham (Support Front for the People of the Levant), also known as al-Qaeda in the Levant. They aim to establish a pan-Arab caliphate. Not the same one as the Islamic State, though .. ...
Front) and the Turkistan Islamic Party are preparing to attack Khmeimim Air Base in Latakia.
Deputy Head of the Russian Reconciliation Center for Syria, Oleg Egorov, said that the above-mentioned parties are preparing to attack the Russian base with the use of combat unmanned aerial vehicles and kamikaze drones.
The Death Eaters have equipped a great number of drones with a range of action of up to 70 kilometers at workshops near the settlement of Khirbet al-Jouz, in Harem, north of Idlib Governorate, he added.
"Under a presumed plan of terrorists, the drones are tasked to divert Russian air defense systems and hit Khmeimim airbase facilities," according to Yegorov.
On October 27, the center said that the HTS intends to carry out a false flag chemical attack in Idlib in order to accuse Syrian forces of using poisonous substances against civilians.