russian mod bulletin
General information on the application of measures for the reconciliation of opposing sides

In the course of last 24 hours, preliminary agreements with elders of six towns located in the Damascus province have been achieved.

Total number of towns, which had joined the ceasefire agreements, remained 42 ones.

Negotiations with leaders of 6 armed formations active in the provinces of Damascus, Daraa and Homs are being held.

In total, 30 ceasefire application forms have been signed with leaders of armed groupings.

The Russian Centre for reconciliation receives appeals from representatives of opposition forces for participating in the process of discussion of the new Syrian Constitution.

Results of ceasefire monitoring

In the course of last 24 hours, 15 ceasefire violations have been registered (Damascus - 11, Aleppo, Hama, Daraa, and Idlib - 1 in each).

Four civilians have been injured in the course of attacks on inhabited areas and units of government troops in Damascus by illegal armed formations.

Russian Aerospace Forces and Syrian Air Forces did not make strikes on armed formations, which follow ceasefire regime and informed the Russian or American Centres for reconciliation about their location.


Comment: No mention of Turkey in today's report. According to the Russian military, al-Nusra terrorists have been shelling Turkish territory in order to provoke return fire:
"On March 6, 2016, Jebhat al-Nusra repeatedly fired mortars at Turkish territory near the village of Metishli. The terrorists' actions are aimed at provoking retaliatory fire by the Turkish military and its units' engagement in Syria, which will inevitably lead to the disruption of the peace process," Lt. Gen. Sergei Kuralenko said. "According to our information, the terrorists are preparing an attack on the town of Qamishli, located on Syrian territory and populated by the Syrian Kurds," he stressed.

Kuralenko added that little-known Jund al-Malihash militant group fighters obstructed road links in Daraa province between the Nahteh and Hirak settlements. "At the same time they stop cars with civilians and threaten them with violence because of the refusal to participate in military operations," he said.

Humanitarian aid to the population of Syria

The Russian Centre for reconciliation has received appeals from administration leadership and elders for providing humanitarian aid to 6 most damaged inhabited areas in the Damascus province. Forming of another humanitarian convoy has been launched.

In the course of working sessions, leadership of the Centre, representatives of the National Reconciliation Ministry, Ministry of Inner Affairs, and municipal administration of the Syrian Arab Republic have discussed issues concerning raising of effectiveness of providing humanitarian aid to citizens of towns and villages, which joined ceasefire regime.

Additional information

Governors of the Idlib and Latakia provinces held working sessions on issues concerning bringing peaceful life back to the towns, which had been liberated by the government troops.


Comment: More on the recently liberated towns:
A swath of strategic areas has reportedly been liberated by the Syrian Army and the country's National Defense Force (NDF) in the northeastern mountains of Latakia Province in western Syria. During the latest offensive, the Syrian troops managed to drive the remaining terrorists from their positions at Latakia's border with Idlib province, according to the Iranian news agency FARS.

Government forces additionally retook a number of key sites along the Aleppo-Latakia Highway (M-4 Highway), in an advance that paved the way for the Syrian Army to reach the hilltops overlooking the strategic city of Jisr al-Shughour, located in the southern part of Idlib province.

ISIS militants are taking efforts to capture elders and administration leaders of towns, field commanders of "moderate" opposition, who had signed ceasefire agreements in order to set the ceasefire regime back.

The Centre for reconciliation of opposing sides will assist in providing security to them.