Syrian military engineers have diffused 59 explosive devices over the past 24 hours, thereby demining 2.2 hectares (5.4 acres) of territory, the Russian Defense Ministry's Center for Reconciliation of Opposing Sides said on Monday
MOSCOW (Pakistan Point News / Sputnik - 04th May, 2020) Syrian military engineers have diffused 59 explosive devices over the past 24 hours, thereby demining 2.2 hectares (5.4 acres) of territory, the Russian Defense Ministry's Center for Reconciliation of Opposing Sides said on Monday.
"Engineering units of the armed forces of the Syrian Arab Republic performed mine clearance tasks in Arbil, Duma, Mazraat Mahmud and Hawsh al-Farah (Damascus province), Jasim, Anhul, Kafr Shams and Al Harah (Daraa province) over the past 24 hours. [A total of] 2.2 hectares were cleared, 59 explosive objects were found and destroyed," the center said in its daily bulletin.
The bulletin added that no refugees had returned to Syria from neighboring Lebanon and Jordan over the past day, which has been a case due to the coronavirus pandemic that has affected all three countries and caused authorities to shut borders.
According to a separate bulletin of the Russian Defense Ministry, the Russian side of the Russian-Turkish commission monitoring the implementation of the Syrian truce has recorded one ceasefire violation over the past 24 hours, while the Turkish side has not registered any.
