Russia Registers 15 Ceasefire Breaches In Syria Over Past 24 Hours - Defense Ministry

MOSCOW (Pakistan Point News / Sputnik - 23rd September, 2018) The Russian side of the Russian-Turkish commission monitoring the implementation of the Syrian ceasefire has registered 15 truce breaches, while the Turkish side has not registered any ceasefire violations over the past 24 hours, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Sunday.

"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 Aleppo (3) and Latakia (12). The Turkish side has registered no cases of ceasefire violation," the ministry's center for Syrian reconciliation said in its daily bulletin.

Over the past 24 hours, the center has also held two humanitarian operations in the settlement of Husham, Deir ez-Zor province, and in Shamir, Aleppo province, delivering 450 food sets to each of the settlements.

The number of settlements, which signed reconciliation agreements, has remained the same and amounts to 2,518, according to the bulletin. The number of armed formations claiming that they observe the ceasefire regime has not changed either, standing at 234.

Russia, Turkey and Iran are the guarantors of the ceasefire regime in Syria, while Moscow has also been supporting the government forces' fight against terrorist groups, threatening the security situation in Syria, and providing humanitarian aid to civilians.