Humanitarian cease fire announced by Russia comes in effect in Syria

In Syria, a humanitarian pause announced by Russia is to formally come into effect in Aleppo today for 11 hours from 8 AM to 7 PM. Russian military, in a statement said that two corridors will be opened for militants to flee to the neighboring rebel-held province of Idlib, between 8 AM and 7 PM, while other corridors will allow civilians to move to government-held areas.

It said, all measures have been taken to ensure that civilians and the wounded along with unarmed militants can be evacuated without any



restriction from the city’s eastern districts. Ahead of the brief pause, air strikes by Russian and Syria forces have been halted for two days. But a powerful jihadist group has refused to leave rebel-held eastern areas of Aleppo. 

Last month, Syrian Government forces encircled rebel groups and launched an all-out assault backed by Russia. According to UK based monitoring group, Syrian Observatory for Human Rights about 2,700 people have been killed or injured in the bombardment since then.