DEIR EZ-ZOR, Syria. Dec 4 (Interfax) - The headquarters of the Russian group at the Hmeimim base is coordinating actions of the people's militia's units on the eastern bank of the Euphrates in Syria, a representative of the Russian Defense Ministry said.
"The aviation of the Russian Aerospace Forces supports actions of the group of the people's militia's units against ISIL [terrorist group banned in Russia]. All actions of armed units of the people's militia on the eastern bank of the Euphrates are coordinated from Hmeimim by the headquarters of the Russian group of forces in Syria," a representative of the Russian group, Maj. Gen. Yevgeny Poplavsky, said at the first meeting of delegates of the committee for managing the eastern territories of the Euphrates.