Russian Defense Ministry: field situation in de-escalation zones in Syria stable

Moscow, SANA- The Russian Defense Ministry said Tuesday that the field situation in the de-escalation zones in Syria is assessed as stable, despite registering violations in the areas controlled by ISIS and Jabhat al-Nusra terrorist organizations.

In a statement published on its website, the Ministry said that the situation in the de-escalation zones remains stable despite that the control groups monitoring the ceasefire have registered within last 24 hours 13 violations; 4 in Damascus countryside, 2 in Lattakia Countryside, 6 in Hama countryside , and 1 in Idleb.

The Ministry said that most of these violations were cases of firing randomly from small arms registered in the areas where ISIS and Jabhat al-Nusra terrorist groups are active.

On Monday, the control groups monitoring the ceasefire registered 9 violations in Damascus, Daraa, Hama and Homs.

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