At the time UN special envoy applauded US and Russia for their cooperation in the success of Syria ceasefire, Russia was recording 29 breaches of “cessation of hostilities” by terrorist organizations

At the time UN special envoy applauded US and Russia for their cooperation in the success of Syria ceasefire, Russia was recording 29 breaches of “cessation of hostilities” by terrorist organizations during the past 24 hours.

In an interview with the UK’s Daily Mail ahead of the peace talks in Geneva on Monday, Staffan de Mistura said that growing concern over ISIL terrorist group has led to a more serious attempt at making the cessation of hostilities work.

“Everybody is starting to get more concerned that the only one taking advantage of the war is Daesh,” he said, using the derogatory Arabic term for the group.

De Mistura applauded US and Russia cooperation as one of the reasons for the success of the ceasefire. “It’s been successful although it is still fragile, and there are incidents, some of them serious,” he said. “I see a serious attempt at making this cessation of hostilities work.”

However, he cautioned, disagreements in Geneva over a series of issues will be inevitable during the next week.

In the meantime, the Russian Coordination Center in Hmeimem airport announced on Sunday that 29 breaches of “cessation of hostilities” by terrorist organizations were observed during the past 24 hours, including 18 breaches in Lattakia, 5 in Damascus, two in Idleb and one in Hama.

The center said in a statement published on the Russian Defense Ministry website page that 10 civilians were killed and 30 others were injured due to continued shelling by Al-Nusra terrorists with artillery and mortars on areas in Damascus and Idleb countryside.

It added “unknown armed groups shelled with mortars and heavy machine-guns sites for the Syrian Army in Lattakia countryside while the so-called Ahrar al-Sham fired with shells two towns in eastern Ghouta in Damascus countryside.”

The Center confirmed that the Syrian and Russian warplanes didn’t carry out any sorties on the armed groups’ positions that announced joining “the cessation of hostilities” agreement.

Meanwhile, the center clarified that the Syrian warplane that fell down on Saturday was conducting reconnaissance in Hama province and was downed through shoulder-fired missiles.