The Russian military has shown the freed Syrian town of Salma to international media. The US, Chinese and Japanese journalists only understood where they were headed a few minutes before arrival.
Once they were in Salma, journalists got the opportunity to move freely and ask people in the town any questions they liked, media outlet Vesti.ru reported.
The correspondents visited a local clinic which had just resumed its work, and saw construction supplies that had been recently delivered.
The journalists were protected by the same Russian special forces unit which ensures the security of military men at the Russian Khmeimim base near Latakia.
About 500 people currently live in Salma, a hilltop town which had been a resort before it was seized by Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS/ISIL) militants.
https://www.rt.com/news/329903-salma-town-recaptured-journalists/
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