Truce Breaches Registered in 16 Areas of Idlib De-Escalation Zone - Reconciliation Center

MOSCOW (Pakistan Point News / Sputnik - 05th September, 2018) Ceasefire agreement violations have been registered in 16 areas of the Syrian Idlib de-escalation zone over the past 24 hours, the Russian Center for Syrian reconciliation said in a statement on Tuesday.

"Despite the implemented ceasefire agreement, the number of violations on the part of the illegal armed formations acting in the Idlib de-escalation zone, fails to decrease. Over the past 24 hours, there have been attacks on the settlements of Safsafa, Djubb el-Meara, Kinsabba (three times), Sharaf, Nahshebba, Ain al-Kantara, Sandrin, Ikko (three times), Barish and on the positions of the government forces in the area of Abu Ali mountain in the Latakia province, on Halidia, Makanis al-Duvayry (twice), Assad academy districts in Aleppo, on the settlements of Mahardah, Al-Lataminah, Tel Bazam in the Hama province," the center's statement published on the official website of the Russian Defense Ministry said.

The statement also said that the armed rebel groups in the south-east of Syria have handed over four mortars, 19 weapons and around one tonne of ammunition.

The Center also carried out one humanitarian operation in the Deir ez-Zor province.

"During the operation, 450 food packages with a total weight of 1.9 tonnes have been delivered, medical aid was provided to six Syrians, including four children," the statement said.

According to the statement, one tonne of freshly-baked bread has been handed out in the city of Aleppo as part of a charitable act.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said on Monday that the ceasefire violations in the province could not be tolerated forever. He noted that the truce breaches occurred on a regular basis, adding that Damascus along with Russia, Iran and Turkey, the ceasefire agreement's guarantors, were working towards separating the armed opposition from terrorists.