Total of 879 settlements joined Syrian ceasefire

The number of settlements that have joined the ceasefire regime in Syria has increased to 879, the Russian Defense Ministry said in a daily bulletin posted on its website. 

"Reconciliation agreements have been inked with two populated localities in Syria’s Latakia region in the past 24 hours, the Russian center said. "The number of populated localities that joined the reconciliation process has increased to 879," TASS cited the bulletin as saying.

Talks on joining the cessation of hostilities are ongoing with the field commanders of illegal armed units in the settlement of Moadamyiet al-Shih in the Damascus region and with groups of armed opposition in the regions of Homs, Aleppo and Quneitra.