Total of 3,193 people, including 1,587 children, leave Aleppo's besieged districts in past day - Russian Defense Ministry
MOSCOW. Dec 2 (Interfax) - As many as 3,193 civilians exited the besieged districts in the eastern part of the Syrian city of Aleppo in the past day, the Russian center for reconciliation of the opposing sides in Syria said on Thursday.
A total of "3,193 civilians, including 1,587 children, left the besieged districts in the eastern part of the city of Aleppo with the assistance of the Russian center for reconciliation of the opposing sides in the past 24-hour period," the center said in a report, which was published on the Russian Defense Ministry's website.
Militants conducted 36 strikes in the past day, the center said.
The heaviest shelling was recorded in the Aleppo province, which saw 20 strikes. Units of the Free Syrian Army fired Hellfire multiple-launch rocket systems and mortars on the neighborhoods of al-Bayada and Hai al-Antari in the city of Aleppo.
"The terrorist groups Jabhat Fateh al-Sham [Jabhat al-Nusra) and ISIL [Islamic State] used multiple-launch rocket systems, cannon artillery, mortars, hand-held anti-tank grenade launchers and small arms against the populated locality of Shurfa in the Aleppo province, as well as the neighborhoods of Binyamin, Sheikh Saeed, '1070', '3000', Aqul, Amri, Dahiyat al-Assad and Jamaiyah Faht," the Russian center said.
A humanitarian mission was also carried out in Aleppo's Hananu-3 neighborhood and the al-Mahalej refugee camp in the Aleppo province. Around six tonnes of relief supplies were distributed among civilians.
Truce agreements were signed with representatives of five populated localities of the Latakia province in the past day, bringing the overall number of populated areas engaged in the Syrian reconciliation process to 1,012, the center said.
The Russian Supreme Court designated ISIL a terrorist organization and banned its activity in Russia's territory.
Jabhat al-Nusra (Jabhat Fateh al-Sham) is a terrorist organization, also outlawed in Russia.
