Syria's 'Silent' Period to Fail Without UN Oversight – Syrian Militants
19:42 29.04.2016(updated 19:43 29.04.2016)
The US-Russia-brokered "silent" period in the Latakia and Damascus provinces will not work out without UN oversight, a spokesman for a Damascus-based militant group told Sputnik on Friday.
MOSCOW (Sputnik) – Earlier in the day, a source told Sputnik that Russia and the United States had agreed to introduce state of cessation of hostilities in northern Latakia province and suburbs of Damascus in Syria from midnight on April 30.
Following the announcement, media reports emerged claiming that Aleppo would also be involved in the "silent period," but were refuted by a different source.
"The regime will not succeed without instruments to control it or UN-led observers," Hossam Salah Alian, from the Martyrs of Islam Brigade, told Sputnik.
The Brigade is a US-armed militant group which is part of the Free Syrian Army (FSA). It operates in Darayya, a southern Damascus suburb.
"If there are controls in place, there will be a 100-percent ceasefire, and we as well as FSA pledge to observe the regime," Alian said, adding ceasefire should be enforced across entire Syria.
The Syrian General Staff has already confirmed that the 'silent' period has been implemented and that it will be in force for 24 hours in Damascus and its suburbs, and in Latakia and its suburbs for 72 hours.
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