The leaders of Jabhat al-nusra carried out a forced mobilization of men in Syria , arming  about  a thousand men, said the head of the Operative Department of the Russian armed forces’ General Headquarters Sergei Rudskoy, reports the RIA Novosti. "After Jabhat al-nusra  had suffered heavy losses in battles against the governmental forces and had been deprived of the foreign support, the leaders of the gang carried out a forced mobilization, during which they armed  about a thousand men. They tried to break the encirclement, disguised behind those untrained people, " said Rudskoy. Rudskoy  also said  that young people who were recruited against their will refused to fight and deserted ubiquitously.