MOSCOW, August 19. /TASS/. Head of the General Staff Valery Gerasimov at the Hmeymim air base handed award weapon to the Syrian general, who commanded landing and the liberation of El-Kder, the Defense Ministry's press service said on Saturday.
Gerasimov also handed a grateful letter from the Russian defense minister and award weapon to Brigadier General Hasan Sukhel, the ministry said.
"For the successful offensive along the Euphrates river, for participation in strategically important settlement Es-Sukhne, as well as for command of the landing and the liberation of El-Kder, the Russian Defense Minister, Army General Sergei Shoigu awards you for the courage," the ministry quoted Gerasimov.