“In total, over the past day, 464 people and 26 units of automobile and agricultural vehicles went through the El Khader checkpoint in Aleppo province, 519 people and 33 units go through the Habit checkpoint in Hama Province,” RIA Novosti quotes him.

The agency emphasizes that three checkpoints have begun to function earlier for civilians to leave the de-escalation zone.

January 10, the FAN reported that more than a thousand people returned to Syria from Lebanon and Jordan in a day.

On December 25, 2019, the Center for Reconciliation of the warring parties in Syria reported that illegal armed groups continued to violate the cessation of hostilities in Syria, including Aleppo, where the number of shellings doubled over the past day.

Also on December 18, about 200 militants attacked the positions of the Syrian government forces in Idlib. Then 12 soldiers were injured.

On January 9, a ceasefire was introduced in the Idlib de-escalation zone.