Over 400 civilians return to Syria’s Aleppo Province – Russian Defense Ministry
More than 400 civilians returned to their homes in the Syrian province of Aleppo on Sunday, the Russian Defense Ministry said in a statement Monday, according to Sputnik agency.
"Over 400 civilians returned to their houses in different settlements of Aleppo province on September 3, 2017," the statement said.
The statement specified that the civilians’ return was made possible due to the arrangements, brokered by the Russian Center for Syrian reconciliation.
The source reminds that the city of Aleppo, which has long been one of the most severe battlefields as government forces struggled against opposition factions and terrorist groups, was completely liberated by Damascus troops in December 2016. Western areas of the Aleppo province are part of one of the de-escalation zones that were established in May during the talks on the Syrian settlement in the Kazakh capital of Astana.