Russian Defense Ministry refutes media reports of its strikes on Damascus Countryside

Moscow, Lattakia – Russian Defense Ministry denied allegations circulated by media outlets on alleged Russian strikes on the eastern Ghouta and Douma town in Damascus Countryside Province, SANA reported.

“Russian Aerospace Forces carried out no flights November 7 in the named districts and did not make any strikes,” the Ministry said in a statement on Monday.

The statement pointed out that “the information published in the media is a regular fake.”

Terrorist-linked media outlets claimed that the Russian Air Force carried out strikes on the eastern Ghouta in Damascus Countryside to distract attention from the terrorist attacks on Damascus neighborhoods with rocket shells.

Terrorist groups spread in Douma area targeted on Monday al-Sheikh Saad and Mezzeh 86 neighborhoods in Damascus with rocket shells and explosive shots.