MOSCOW. Aug 25 (Interfax-AVN) - Russia has recorded six and Turkey five instances of gunfire in the de-escalation areas in Syria in the past 24 hours, the Russian Defense Ministry said.
"The Russian part of the joint Russian-Turkish commission investigating breaches of the cessation of hostilities has recorded six instances of gunfire in the past 24 hours, including four in the Aleppo governorate, one in the Damascus governorate and one in the Hama governorate. The Turkish part of the commission has registered five violations, among them one in the Damascus governorate, two in the Hama governorate and two in the Homs governorate," the ministry said in a report.
The situation in the de-escalation areas has been stable, it said.
"Most instances of random small arms fire were observed in districts held by militants of the Jabhat al-Nusra and ISIL terrorist groups [banned in Russia]," the ministry said.
Negotiations on joining the cessation of hostilities continued with armed opposition units in the Aleppo, Damascus, Hama, Homs and Quneitra governorates, it said.