Syrian Front:Russia-15 Ceasefire Violations, 4 Reconciliation Agreements
Lavrov: Syria-bound Humanitarian Aid Convoys from Turkey Deliver Arms to Terrorists
Syrian Front : 7 Breaches of Ceasefire Observed in the Past 24 Hours
Syrian Front : Nine Ceasefire Violations in the past 24 Hours
Syrian Front : Terrorist Attacks in Damascus, Hama, Deir Ezzor, Aleppo
Syrian Front : The Ceasefire Begins
Syrian Front : Army Restores Security to More Areas Across the Country
Syrian Front : Coordination of Ceasefire Begins at the Hmeymim Airbase
Syrian Front : Counter-terror Ops to Continue During Ceasefire
Russian Defence Ministry Briefing on Ceasefire Process
Report of the Russian Centre for reconciliation of opposing sides in the Syrian Arab Republic (March 2, 2016)
General information on the application of measures for the reconciliation of opposing sides
In the course of the last 24 hours, ceasefire agreements have been signed with four commanders of moderate opposition units, which control Kafar, Shams and Gabagib (Daraa province). Total number of signed agreements has reached 40.
By the mediation of the Russian Federation, negotiations are continued with another 11 leaders of armed formations located in the provinces of Damascus, Daraa, Homs and Aleppo.
Results of ceasefire monitoring
In the course of the last 24 hours, 21 events of shelling of inhabited areas by militants have been registered. The most of them took place in the Daraa province (5), Damascus province (4), Aleppo and Hama (3 for each).
In the Latakia province, at noon, large-caliber artillery attacked Kinsibba town. The fire was conducted from the area near the Bdama settlement from the Syrian-Turkish border. As a result of the terrorist artillery fire, 3 civilians were killed and 8 were injured. At the same location camera crews from Russia, Bulgaria, the UK, Germany, Greece, Italy, Spain, Canada, China and the USA which were filming reports on returning of locals to their homes after announcement of ceasefire, were also affected by the artillery fire. Four journalists were injured.
In the course of the day, militants fired multiple launch rocket systems at residential areas of Al-Sabil and Al-Mantia (Daraa province), Karia, Al-Mufakara, Shakry, As-Salmiya (Hama province). Damage is observed in these areas.
Artillery fire also engaged inhabited areas of Kub, Al-Alman-Fu (Hama province), Al-Jamaiya, Az-Zugara (Aleppo province), Zarya, Kafer-Nan (Homs province).
Near the Narb-Nafsa settlement (Homs province), militants of the international terrorist organization Jabhat al-Nusra undertook another attack against government troops.
Russian Aerospace Forces have not carried out strikes against formations which observed ceasefire and gave information concerning their coordinates to the Russian or American centres for reconciliation of opposing sides in Syria.
Humanitarian aid to the population of Syria
The Russian centre for reconciliation of opposing sides has delivered 6 tons of humanitarian aid to the settlements of Kineiba, Vali-Sheikhan and Hansjaus.
People received food products and bottled drinking water.
Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation
21 breaches of “cessation of fighting acts” by terrorist organizations were observed during the past 24 hours
2 March، 2016
Moscow, SANA
Russian Defense Ministry announced on Wednesday that 21 breaches of “cessation of fighting acts” by terrorist organizations were observed in Syria during the past 24 hours.
“The majority of breaches were observed in Daraa, Damascus, Aleppo and Hama provinces,” The Ministry said in a statement, prepared by the Russian Center for Coordinating and Observing the cessation of fighting acts, published on its website page.
The center added that 3 civilians were killed, while 8 others were wounded in heavy artillery fires, launched from one of the towns bordering Turkey on Kansaba town in Lattakia countryside.
Mazen
The army restores security to a village in Aleppo, inflicts more losses upon ISIS in several areas
2 March، 2016
Provinces, SANA
The army and armed forces continued fighting ISIS terrorists in different provinces, killing or injuring scores of them and destroying more of their equipment.
Aleppo
An army unit restored stability and security to Fah village in the eastern countryside of Aleppo province after eliminating the remaining gatherings of ISIS terrorists in it, a military source announced.
Army units then combed the village searching for explosive devices and bombs to remove them and fully secure the village.
The army’s air force targeted sites for ISIS terrorists in al-Bab city, 38 km northeast of Aleppo city, inflicting heavy losses upon the terrorists in personnel and equipment and destroying their positions and vehicles equipped with heavy machine guns.
In a relevant context, the General Command of the Army and Armed Forces called upon the locals of Keffin and Masqan towns in the northern countryside of the province to return to their houses after the areas were secured.
Homs
A series of sorties were carried out by the army’s air force targeting ISIS terrorists’ sites in al-Qaryatain city to the southeast of Homs city.
The military source clarified that fortifications and gatherings of ISIS terrorists were directly hit in Tadmur city (Palmyra) in the eastern part of Homs province, with the terrorists suffering heavy losses.
Army units destroyed an armored vehicle and 2 cars belonging to ISIS in Wadi al-Zakari area and the area surrounding Tadmour (Palmyra) city in Homs countryside.
More ISIS positions were destroyed, along with vehicles equipped with machineguns, in army airstrikes in the villages of Um Sahreej, al-Shendakhiyeh al-Janoubiyeh, al-Shendakhiyeh al-Shamaliyeh, al-Msheirfeh al-Janoubiyeh, Unq al-Hawa and to the east of Jeb al-Jarrah town.
Sweida
In southern Syria, An army unit destroyed 3 vehicles equipped with heavy machinegun belonging to ISIS terrorists and killed a number of them in Dalfaa hill and the area surrounding it in the northeastern countryside of Sweida province.
Another army unit destroyed a bulldozer that ISIS terrorists were using in setting up fortifications and killed the terrorists operating it in Asheiheb hill, northwest of Sweida
city.
A car loaded with ammunition seized in northwestern Sweida
2 March، 2016
Sweida, SANA
The authorities in Sweida province seized a car loaded with a large amount of ammunition in the northwestern countryside of the province.
The ammo confiscated, which included artillery shells and B9 mm rounds, were bound for the terrorist organizations positioned in the eastern al-Badiya (desert), according to SANA reporter.
On Monday, the authorities with the help of the locals seized, in two separate operations, two cars loaded with large amounts of landmines, RPG shells and different types of ammunition that were heading to the eastern and northeastern parts of al-Badiya.
Reem/H.Said
Civilian killed, 3 others injured in terrorist attack on Kafriya town in Idleb countryside
2 March، 2016
Idleb, SANA
A civilian was killed and three others were injured in a terrorist attacks on the locals in Kafriya town in Idleb countryside.
A local source told SANA that terrorists used machineguns in the attack against the houses of locals in kafriya town, killing a civilian while three others were seriously injured.
A state of panic spread among children due to the terrorists’ heavy gunfire.
Locals in Kafriya and al-Fouaa towns in Idleb countryside have been besieged by Jaish al-Fateh terrorists for over more than two years and suffer attacks with mortar and rocket shells.
Qabas/ Manal
Convoy of Terrorists’ Vehicles Targeted by Russian Warplanes in Aleppo
TEHRAN (FNA)- The Russian fighter jets tracked and targeted a long column of the vehicles of the ISIL terrorist group in a region Northeast of Aleppo province, inflicting major damage on the convoy.
The ISIL’s attempts to transfer a large number of fighters from al-Bab Plateau to unknown location failed after the Russian air fleet struck the convoy while passing through the villages of ‘Ein al-Jahish, Abu Taltal, Touman, al-Shamawiyah, Sheikh Dun, and al-Bayrat.
The Russian and Syrian air forces killed several ISIL combatants and destroyed over 10 armored vehicles in their attacks.
On Tuesday, scores of ISIL terrorists were killed or wounded in the Syrian airstrikes in the Southeastern part of Aleppo province.
The Syrian fighter jets, in several combat sorties, bombed the ISIL positions near the villages of al-Uwainiyeh, Um Mayal and al-Qulai’a, which left scores of the terrorists dead or wounded.
Syrian Army Wins Back 3 Strategic Villages, 1 Hilltop in Lattakia Province
TEHRAN (FNA)- The Syrian army and popular forces continued their advances in Lattakia province, and seized back several strategic villages and a key height in the coastal province on Wednesday.
The army units and popular forces seized back Mazali, al-Khashkhasha and al-Zaheqeen villages in Lattakia today.
The Syrian government troops also took full control of Hadada hilltop in Lattakia province.
In a relevant development earlier today, the Syrian Army announced that its troops and their popular allies have launched the last phase of their large-scale operation in an area Northeast of Lattakia to conquer the last strongholds of the militants at the province’s border with Idlib.
“The Syrian army, the Syrian Social Nationalist Party (SSNP), the 48th Special Forces Regiment, the National Defense Forces (NDF) and the Syrian Marines launched the final assault on the strategic village of Kabani inside Jabal al-Akrad (Kurds Mountain),” the army said.
“The Syrian Armed Forces have attacked the militants from two different directions and looking to break-through the enemy’s lines of defense near the village of Ikko,” the army added.
If Kabani is captured, the Syrian Armed Forces will be in position to liberate the strategic village of al-Sirmaniyeh from al-Nusra Front, Harakat Ahrar Al-Sham and the Free Syrian Army (FSA).
On Sunday, the Syrian commandoes pushed the militant groups back from their positions in the Northern part of the coastal province of Lattakia and won back one more strategic height overlooking Turkey.
The Syrian army and its allies imposed full control over Talat al-Nawareh after a tough battle with the terrorists of al-Nusra Front, Harakat Ahrar Al-Sham, and the Free Syrian Army’s “1st Coastal Brigade”.
With both Saraf and Tal Nawareh captured, the Syrian Armed Forces are inching closer to seizing the remaining border points that have been under the control of the extremist rebels since the summer of 2012.
More importantly, with the capture of the remaining border points in Northern Lattakia, the Syrian Armed Forces are now on the verge of taking full control over the entire province.
Kurdish Fighters Engage in Heavy Fighting with Militants in Raqqa
TEHRAN (FNA)- Tens of ISIL terrorists were killed or wounded in fierce clashes with the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) and the Kurdish “People’s Protection Units” (YPG) in the Northern part of Raqqa province near the border with Turkey, battlefield sources said Wednesday.
“A vast area between the border town of Tal Abyadh and al-Kantari and near the Raqqa-Turkey highway was the scene of heavy fighting between the Kurdish fighters and the Takfiri militants,” the sources said, adding, “The ISIL left behind tens of the dead or wounded members and fled the battlefield to find safer positions.”
Report said earlier today that the Syrian Army troops and their allies deployed in Southeastern and Northeastern areas of Aleppo and Hama provinces respectively are preparing to launch a joint anti-terrorism operation to free more lands in ISIL-held Raqqa province.
The Syrian soldiers, deployed in Ithriya in Hama province, are going to assault the Western countryside of Raqqa province and they are going to lead the operation to liberate the Tabaqa Military Airport from ISIL.
Since the Khanaser-Aleppo Road is now free of danger, the army troops and their pro-government allies in Southeastern part of Aleppo are preparing for what is likely to be the largest military operation launched during this brutal conflict.
The pro-government forces have been given direct orders from Syrian Army’s Central Command to redeploy to the desert-city of Ithriya and await further instruction.
The desert-city of Ithriya is strategically located in the Hama province’s Northeastern countryside; it borders the Aleppo province to the North and it is situated 15 km West of Raqqa axis.
The YPG Kurds have recently bonded with the Damascus government. The Syrian army sent several arms cargoes to the YPG troops in the Northeastern province of Hasaka and trained the first group of Kurdish volunteer forces in the provincial capital city of Hasaka last month.
The SDF that is comprised of mainly Kurdish fighters as well as a few hundred Syrian Arab dissident forces have received trainings from the US and have been provided with scanty US-coalition air support in their battles in Raqqa province in Northeastern Syria; but in Northern and Northwestern battlefronts, they have been operating alongside the YPG and received the Russian air backup in their Aleppo wars that started with the conquest of Tishrin Dam on the Euphrates early in February.
Assisted by the Syrian army – that has along with popular forces and Hezbollah conquered almost all militant-held regions in Eastern, Southern, Western and Northwestern Aleppo province – and Russian air support, the Kurdish forces fighting against the terrorists in North-Northeast Aleppo province have been making striking advances against the Al-Nusra, Ahrar al-Sham and ISIL terrorists in February.
In February, the YPG and SDF fighters prevailed over the terrorists in the highly strategic city of Tal Rifat in Northern Aleppo and captured the city.
The YPG, who enjoyed the Russian air backup, prevailed the terrorists’ positions from the Western direction and shook hand with the Kurdish units of the SDF who entered the town from the North.
Kurdish Fighters Cut Terrorists’ Supply Route in Aleppo City
TEHRAN (FNA)- The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) and the Kurdish “People’s Protection Units” (YPG) stormed the militant centers across the neighborhoods of Aleppo city and captured a key hill overlooking the only passage between the Eastern and Northern parts of the city.
The Kurdish fighters, after hours of heavy fighting, imposed full control over the strategic hill near the passage of Castello, which is the only path connecting the Eastern neighborhoods of Aleppo to Northern countryside of the city.
The militant groups suffered a heavy death toll in the clashes with the YPG and SDF.
On Tuesday, Arab media sources disclosed that the ISIL terrorist group sustained hundreds of casualties in the Syrian government forces’ anti-terrorism operations in the Southeastern part of Aleppo.
“Over 450 ISIL terrorists were killed and many more were injured in the Syrian government forces’ liberation operation of the strategic village of al-Hammam South of Khanaser and along the main supply line of government forces from Hama to Aleppo,” al-Nashrah reported.
The YPG Kurds have recently bonded with the Damascus government. The Syrian army sent several arms cargoes to the YPG troops in the Northeastern province of Hasaka and trained the first group of Kurdish volunteer forces in the provincial capital city of Hasaka last month.
The SDF that is comprised of mainly Kurdish fighters as well as a few hundred Syrian Arab dissident forces have received trainings from the US and have been provided with scanty US-coalition air support in their battles in Raqqa province in Northeastern Syria; but in Northern and Northwestern battlefronts, they have been operating alongside the YPG and received the Russian air backup in their Aleppo wars that started with the conquest of Tishrin Dam on the Euphrates early in February.
Assisted by the Syrian army – that has along with popular forces and Hezbollah conquered almost all militant-held regions in Eastern, Southern, Western and Northwestern Aleppo province – and Russian air support, the Kurdish forces fighting against the terrorists in North-Northeast Aleppo province have been making striking advances against the Al-Nusra, Ahrar al-Sham and ISIL terrorists in February.
In February, the YPG and SDF fighters prevailed over the terrorists in the highly strategic city of Tal Rifat in Northern Aleppo and captured the city.
The YPG, who enjoyed the Russian air backup, prevailed the terrorists’ positions from the Western direction and shook hand with the Kurdish units of the SDF who entered the town from the North.
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