(Zaman Al Wasl)- Several breaches reported on Friday for the nationwide ceasefire that had been brokered by Russian and Turkish to end the war in Syria and lead to peace talks between rebels the Syrian regime.
Activists said regime forces and allied militias tried to advance in Jabal al-Arbaeen in Southern countryside of Aleppo, but the the Syrian resistance’s fighter stopped them.
Moreover, attempts to invade the town of Abo Rowil of regime were stopped by rebels.
Osama Abo Zid, legal advisor of the Free Syrian Army (FSA), reported that they had informed the Turkish side of the ceasefire breaches and they are waiting to see the procedure, although, 12 hours are not enough to evaluate the commitment to the truce.
In regard to areas controlled by ISIS which is not included with the factions signed the truce, 10 civilians were killed and 3 wounded by Russian air strikes on al-Bab city in the eastern countryside of Aleppo.
Regime’s warplanes carried out about 20 raids against rebels in many towns in Idlib and Hama, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR.
Moreover, SOHR mentioned that regime helicopters also struck northwest of Damascus in the rebel-held Wadi Barada valley, and clashed between regime forces and allied forces were recorded.
Russian President Vladimir Putin, the main supporter of Bashar al-Assad announced the ceasefire on Thursday after long negotiations with Turkey and opposition's factions.
The truce went into force at Thursday midnight, Damascus time, but monitors and rebels reported almost immediate breaches increased during Friday, mainly by airstrikes hit the countryside of Aleppo.
Hopes that latest ceasefire would be the first step towards fresh peace talks, after many failed international attempts this year to stop the conflict that started in 2011 in peaceful demonstration.
Russia and Turkey had brokered the truce agreement, the first one to reach to without the USA and the United nations. Although it started unstable, but Russia would work on peace talks hosted by Kazakhstan.
A number of rebel groups have signed the new agreement, Russia's Defence Ministry said on Thursday. In the same time, several rebel officials confirmed the deal, Osama Abo Zid, the FSA spokesman said they would abide by the truce.
Putin said the parties were prepared to start peace talks intended to take place in Astana. Syrian state media confirmed Thursday those talks would take place soon.
Seven rebels factions of the Syrian resistance signed the agreement, the inclusion of Jabhat Fateh al-Sham, the affiliated to al Qaeda's former Nusra Front in the agreement was not clear, but Russia confirmed Friday excluding it from the agreement, as well as the Islamic State (ISIS).
The 6-year war in Syria has resulted in more than 300,000 deaths, displaced more than 11 million people, military and political involvement included many of international and regional forces, Russia, Turkey, Iran and many Arabic countries.
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