Kremlin extends Aleppo ceasefire indefinitely

The Kremlin said that Russia will abide by its ceasefire in Aleppo if opposition groups do not launch any attacks.

“The humanitarian pause, as such, had a clear timeframe, but the cessation of operations of the Russian Air Force will continue,” Kremlin spokesman, Dmitry Peskov, said yesterday.

“The president deems a regime in which Russian air forces don’t carry out strikes on eastern Aleppo as reasonable if militants don’t start combat action,” Peskov told reporters in a daily briefing.

Syria has been locked in a vicious civil war since early 2011 with President Bashar Al-Assad’s forced, backed by Iran, Hezbollah and Russia, battling Western-backed opposition groups and Daesh.