Syria: Russia registers 26 ceasefire violations in 24 hours

The Russian side of the Russian-Turkish Commission on Syrian Reconciliation has recorded 26 ceasefire violations in the Arab republic in the past 24 hours, the Russian Defence Ministry said on Wednesday.

“Over the last 24 hours, the Russian party of the Russia-Turkey Commission on violations of the Joint Agreement has registered 13 cases of firing in the Province of Latakia, 12 in Aleppo Province and one in Hama,’’ the ministry said in a daily bulletin.

It added that that Turkey registered one ceasefire breach in the Province of Hama.

Over the past 24 hours, the Russian Center for Syria’s reconciliation supplied 1.1 tonnes of food to the residents of the Daraa Province.

The number of areas, which signed reconciliation agreements in Syria stands at 2,518, while the number of armed formations that have pledged to observe the ceasefire remains 234.

Russia, alongside Iran and Turkey, is a guarantor of the ceasefire regime in Syria.

It has also been assisting Damascus by supporting the struggle against terrorist groups and providing humanitarian aids to residents of the crisis-torn country.