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Briefing by Russian Centre for Reconciliation of Opposing Sides in Syria (July 10, 2018

The Russian Centre for Reconciliation of Opposing Sides continues working on peaceful settlement of the conflict and providing comprehensive assistance to Syrian citizens.

Conditions have been created in Syrian Arab Republic to help the return of internally displaced persons.

Due to improving humanitarian situation, 71,798 people have returned home in the Eastern Ghouta from refugee and IDP camps. Over the past day, 98 people have returned to their homes.

Russian military medics have provided medical assistance to nine people, including five children.

Representatives of the Russian Centre for Reconciliation of Opposing Sides continue to work in areas of reconciliation with the elders of settlements and leaders of illegal armed groups in the South-Western de-escalation zone.

Over the last 24 hours, terrorists of illegal armed groups handed over one tank, six antiaircraft artillery guns, four anti-tank guided missiles, ammunition for tanks, artillery, grenade launchers, anti-aircraft guns, mines and grenades.

Over the past day, 179 civilians came out through the pass Kaffer-Shams.

Representatives of the Russian Сenter for Reconciliation of the Opposing Sides held a humanitarian action in Sahwat-al-Kamh, the province of Daraa. About a thousand food packages with a total weight of 4.3 tons were handed over to citizens.

Representatives of the center for reconciliation held a working meeting with the head of the city of Aleppo. During the meeting, the sides discussed the organization of measures to restore the infrastructure of settlements where refugees live. The scope of work on the reconstruction of vital objects, the need for building materials, were specified.

In Homs, a meeting with representatives of the Russian community of the province was held. During the meeting, the issues of school education were discussed: increasing the number of fiction and educational literature for teaching children the Russian language.

Despite the efforts made to normalize the situation by the joint Iranian-Russian-Turkish Coordination center, violations of the cessation of hostilities continued to be recorded by illegal armed groups. During the day the incidents of firing were reported in the provinces of Latakia, Aleppo and Hama.