MOSCOW, July 1. /TASS/. Reconciliation agreements were signed during the day with representatives of two more settlements in the Syrian provinces of Homs and Aleppo, the Russian center for reconciliation of the warring parties in Syria said in its regular daily news bulletin posted on the Russian defense ministry’s website on Friday.
"The number of settlements joining the reconciliation process has reached 172," the center said.
Talks on joining the regime of cessation of hostilities were continued with field commanders of armed opposition groups in the provinces of Aleppo, Daraa, and al-Quneitra, as follows from the bulletin. The number illegal armed groups that declared their commitment to the ceasefire terms remains unchanged - 61.
Two tons of humanitarian cargoes, primarily flour and food products, were delivered to low-income families in the settlement of Umm al-Saj al-Shamali in the province of Homs, the center said.
A total of 18 tons of United Nations humanitarian cargoes, primarily food products and cereals, were delivered by a Russian Abakan Air plane to the Syrian city of Deir ez-Zor besieged by Islamic State terrorists, the bulletin says.
A ceasefire regime brokered by Russia and the United States on February 22 officially came into effect in Syria at midnight Damascus time on February 27. This does not cover terrorist groups such as Islamic State and Jabhat al-Nusra, both outlawed in Russia, and other groups recognized as terrorist by the United Nations Security Council.
An hour before the ceasefire came into force, the United Nations Security Council adopted a resolution in support cessation of hostilities in Syria. The document was initiated by Russia and the United States and won support from all the 15 members of the United Nations Security Council.
The Russian reconciliation center aims to assist armed groups in Syria in concluding ceasefire agreements, maintain the truce regime, control its observance and organize the delivery of humanitarian cargoes to civilians.
Ceasefire violations
Two ceasefire violations were reported in Syria during the day, the Russian center for reconciliation of the warring parties in Syria said in its regular daily news bulletin posted on the Russian defense ministry’s website on Friday.
"The ceasefire regime has been generally observed over the day in most of Syria’s province. Two violations were reported in the province of Damascus," the center said. "Units of the Jaysh al-Islam group which affiliates itself with the opposition conducted mortar fire at positions of Syrian government troops in the settlements of Arbil and Jobar."
"No air strikes were delivered by the Russian air group and the Syrian air force at armed opposition group which have declared cessation of hostilities and informed the Russian or U.S. reconciliation centers about their locations," the bulletin says.
According to the Russian reconciliation center, groups constituting the international terrorist organization Jabhat al-Nusra continue attempts to break down the regime of cessation of hostilities. "During the day, terrorists used multiple missile launcher systems and mortars to shell the settlements of Handrat, Kudehi and Al-Hader in the province of Aleppo and Aleppo’s districts of Sheikh Maksoud, Al-Khalidiya, Al-Muhafaza and the al-Nayrab airport," the bulletin says.
Apart from that, terrorists conducted fire at the settlement of Fua in the province of Idlib, the settlements of Huteita al-Jarash, Bleliye, Jobar and al-Bahariyah in the province of Damascus as follow from the bulletin.
A ceasefire regime brokered by Russia and the United States on February 22 officially came into effect in Syria at midnight Damascus time on February 27. This does not cover terrorist groups such as Islamic State and Jabhat al-Nusra, both outlawed in Russia, and other groups recognized as terrorist by the United Nations Security Council.
An hour before the ceasefire came into force, the United Nations Security Council adopted a resolution in support cessation of hostilities in Syria. The document was initiated by Russia and the United States and won support from all the 15 members of the United Nations Security Council.