Major General Yuri Borenkov, head of the Russian Center for the Reconciliation of Belligerents in the Syrian Arab Republic, said that violations of the cessation of hostilities by illegal armed groups continued in the Idlib de-escalation zone.

Over the past day, 55 attacks were recorded. Militants shelled dozens of settlements in the provinces of Aleppo, Latakia, Hama and Idlib.

It was previously reported that the Syrian army took control of the strategically important city of Dzhardzhanaz.