Russia recorded 29 truce violations in Syria in 24 hours

Russia has recorded 29 violations in the truce commission in Syria during the day, while Turkey – 17, according to the information bulletin of the Defense Ministry, published on the website of the Russian military department.


“The Russian part of representation of joint Russian-Turkish commission on consideration of issues connected with the facts of violations of the regime of cessation of hostilities recorded 29 facts of opening of fire in the following provinces: Latakia – 11, Idlib – seven, Hama – five, Aleppo – six. The Turkish part of the representation recorded 17 facts of opening of fire in the following provinces: Idlib – four, Aleppo – 13”, –  it was reported.

It is noted that the Reconciliation Centre carried out one humanitarian action during the day: 250 food packages weighing 0.913 tons were distributed in the village of Essaouida.
The armed conflict in Syria has continued since 2011. At the end of 2017, it was announced that the ISIS  terrorist group in Syria and Iraq had been defeated. Militant clean-up operations continue in parts of the country. The political settlement, reconstruction of Syria, as well as the return of refugees are now in the foreground.