Russia Registers Five Ceasefire Violations in Syria over Past 24 Hours
Russian observers have registered five ceasefire violations in Syria over the past 24 hours, while Turkish specialists have not recorded any breaches, the Russian Defense Ministry stated in its bulletin on Monday.
“The Russian party of the Russia-Turkey Joint Commission … has registered five cases of firing in the provinces of Aleppo (3), Lattakia(1), and Idlib (1)” the bulletin said.
The Turkish side has not registered any ceasefire violation in the de-escalation zones, the document said.
Syria's Supreme Constitutional Court has accepted three applications out of 51 for candidacy for this month's presidential election in the conflict-stricken Arab country.
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has issued a legislative decree, authorizing the release of prisoners including those convicted for misdemeanors as well as minors facing certain charges.
Russia says the United States makes use of the Daesh terrorist group to impede a political solution to the decade-long crisis in Syria and supports separatist militants in a flagrant violation of international resolutions.
A convoy of a dozen US military trucks has carried tons of grain from Syria’s northeastern province of Hasakah to the semi-autonomous Kurdistan region in northern Iraq.
Dozens of trucks carrying Syrian wheat crop from Hasakah province have crossed the border into Iraq's semi-autonomous Kurdistan region amid reports that the US military is systematically smuggling basic commodities out of Syria.
