MOSCOW (Sputnik) — The delegation of Syrian armed opposition will propose at Astana talks sending an international force, designated by countries-guarantors, to Syria to ensure the implementation of the ceasefire regime in the war-torn country, Al Jazeera television reported Wednesday.
"The initiative of the Syrian opposition on ensuring the compliance with the truce regime includes sending of international forces [to Syria], designated by countries-guarantors," Al Jazeera said in its Arabic Twitter blog citing own sources.
It added that the opposition would propose transferring control of areas liberated from the Daesh terrorist group militants to the liberators.
"The territory liberated from Daesh by a side will be controlled by it," the channel cited the opposition's proposal.
On Wednesday, Russian president's special envoy for Syria Alexander Lavrentyev said that alleged transferring the northern Syrian town of al-Bab to the Syrian government was out of question now.
"That is a piece of information that emerged from an unclear source … Al-Bab is controlled by Daesh and is subject to the operation of Syrian groups supported by Turkey and government troops. But we cannot speak about some kind of exchange, that is out of question," Lavrentyev said.
The first round of Astana talks on Syrian crisis settlement brought together the representatives of the Syrian government and the armed opposition groups for the first time in the six years of the Syrian war. As a result of the talks, Russia, Iran and Turkey agreed to establish a trilateral mechanism to monitor the ceasefire that came into effect on December 30, 2016.
Since 2011, Syria has been engulfed in a civil war, with government forces fighting against numerous opposition and terrorist groups, including al-Nusra Front and Daesh, banned in a range of countries, including Russia.
On August 24, the Turkish army launched Operation Euphrates Shield against militants of the Daesh group, which is outlawed in Russia and many other countries. Turkish forces, with assistance from Syrian opposition fighters, occupied the city of Jarablus in northern Syria and are currently conducting its offensive on al-Bab. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said that the aim of the operation is to clear the region of terrorists and make it a safety zone for refugees.
The operation has been widely criticized both by the Syrian Kurds and Damascus, who have accused Ankara of violating Syria's territorial integrity.
