UPDATE - Reconciliation Center Says Terrorists Shelled Syria's Idlib De-escalation Zone 8 Times

MOSCOW (Pakistan Point News / Sputnik - 20th October, 2021) Rear Adm. Vadim Kulit, deputy head of the Russian Defense Ministry's Center for Reconciliation of Opposing Sides in Syria, said at a briefing that the Jabhat al-Nusra terrorist group (banned in Russia) had shelled Syria's Idlib de-escalation zone 8 times over the past 24 hours.

"Over the past day, eight shelling attacks from the positions of the Jabhat al-Nusra terrorist group were registered in the Idlib de-escalation zone," Rear Adm. Kulit said.

"Three attacks were recorded in the province of Idlib, three in Aleppo and two in Latakia," he said.

�Rear Adm. Kulit said efforts are continuing to stabilize the situation in the Daraa province.

"With the mediation of the Russian Center for Reconciliation of Opposing Sides, 116 people have settled their status" in seven settlements, he said.

"A total of 48 pieces of weapons and more than 1,000 rounds of ammunition have been surrendered," Rear Adm. Kulit said.

The Russian Defense Ministry's Center for Reconciliation of Opposing Sides and Control over the Movement of Refugees in the Syrian Arab Republic was established in February 2016.

Its tasks include the signing of agreements on illegal armed groups and individual settlements joining the regime of cessation of hostilities, as well as coordinating the delivery of humanitarian aid.