Two-day humanitarian truce agreed in Syria's Darayya

A two-day ceasefire has been agreed in the Syrian town of Darayya near the capital, Damascus, starting from Wednesday to allow the delivery of humanitarian aid to the residents.

"On the initiative of Russia and in agreement with the leadership of Syria and the American side a 'regime of silence' has been introduced for 48 hours on June 1 2016 from 00:01 am in the settlement of Darayya to ensure the safe delivery of humanitarian aid to the population," said Lieutenant General Sergei Kuralenko, the head of the Russian coordination center in Syria.

On May 24, Russia called for a three-day regime of silence in the conflict zones of Eastern Ghouta and Darayya near Damascus, urging the US to push militants under its influence to join the truce.

A ceasefire brokered by the US and Russia went into effect on February 27 in Syria, but it does not apply to Daesh and al-Nusra Front terrorist groups.

The Syrian army has vowed to press ahead with its counter-terror military operations and drive terrorists out of their major positions.

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