MOSCOW (Pakistan Point News / Sputnik - 22nd August, 2018) The Russian side of the Russian-Turkish commission monitoring the implementation of the ceasefire regime in Syria registered 15 truce breaches over the past 24 hours, while the Turkish side recorded no ceasefire violations, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Wednesday.
"The situation in the de-escalation zones is assessed as stable. Over the last 24 hours, the Russian party of the Russia-Turkey Commission on violations of the Joint Agreement has registered 15 cases of firing in the provinces of Idlib (1), Latakia (8) and Aleppo (6). The Turkish side has registered no cases of ceasefire violations," the ministry's daily bulletin read.
According to the bulletin, Russian medics provided assistance to 402 Syrian civilians over the past 24 hours.
The number of armed formations claiming that they observe the ceasefire has not changed, standing at 234, according to the bulletin. The number of areas, which signed reconciliation agreements, has remained the same and amounts to 2,518.
Russia, alongside Iran and Turkey, is a guarantor of the ceasefire regime in Syria. Moscow has also been assisting Damascus both through supporting the struggle against terrorist groups and providing humanitarian aid to the residents of the crisis-torn country.
