“Despite the established cessation of hostilities, violations by illegal armed groups continue,” TASS quoted him as saying.

Bakin noted that over the past day, two violations of the cessation of hostilities regime were recorded on the territory of the Idlib de-escalation zone.

"The militants opened fire on the settlements of Karutia, the province of Hama and Sukkaria, the province of Aleppo," he added.

Earlier, in the Syrian province of Quneitra, as a result of a rocket attack in the Saas area, two people were killed and three were injured.

On July 18, FAN reported that Russian journalists, together with representatives of the Center for Human Rights in Syria, visited the province of Homs.