Syrian army extends nationwide ceasefire for another three days
The Syrian army has announced another three-day extension of a nationwide ceasefire which was initially declared to mark Eid al-Fitr.
On Monday, Syria’s military high command released a statement that said "a regime of calm will be extended for a period of 72 hours from one o'clock on July 12."
On Wednesday, the General Command of the Syrian Army announced in a statement that a truce would come into force as of 1 p.m. local time (1000 GMT) and will be in effect until July 8 midnight, for the occasion of Eid al-Fitr, which marks the end of the holy Muslim fasting month of Ramadan.
The ceasefire was also once extended on Saturday.
Earlier, foreign-backed Takfiri militants shelled several neighborhoods in the northern Syrian province of Aleppo, killing at least eight people and injuring some 80 others.
According to the so-called Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, over 300 artillery shells were used in the attack.
Aleppo has been divided between government forces and militants since 2012, a year after conflict broke out in the Arab country.
Syria has been gripped by foreign-sponsored militancy since March 2011. UN Special Envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura estimates that over 400,000 people have been killed in the conflict. The UN has stopped its official casualty count in Syria, citing its inability to verify the figures it receives from various sources.
The Takfiri elements operating in the Arab country have suffered major setbacks over the past few months as the Syrian army has managed to liberate a number of areas from the grip of the extremists.
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