"During the day militants have attacked Safsafa (once), Ikko (once), Ruyeset-Iskander (once), Jubb-al-Zaur (once), Kalaat-Maraza (once), Nahshebba (once), Jurin (once) in Latakia province, Aleppo (once) in Aleppo province", the center said in its daily bulletin. At the order of Syrian President Bashar Assad, 57,445 people who fled abroad or otherwise dodged conscription had been granted amnesty as of Monday.
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Last September, Syrian ceasefire guarantors Russia and Turkey agreed to set up a demilitarized zone in Idlib, which was expected to have been established by 15 October 2018. Despite progress in the withdrawal of heavy weapons and militants from the area, remaining groups regularly commit ceasefire violations by shelling nearby provinces.
Moscow and Ankara, alongside Tehran, have been long the guarantors of the ceasefire in crisis-ridden Syria. Russia also carries out regular humanitarian operations across the country and assists Damascus in providing safe passage for the return of some 5.6 million Syrian refugees who, according to the UN Refugee Agency, have fled to neighboring states.
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