Syrian army extends nationwide ceasefire for another three days
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Syrians look at the damage in a street in the northern Syrian city of Aleppo following rocket attacks by militants on July 11, 2016. (AFP)
The Syrian army has announced another three-day extension of a nationwide ceasefire which was initially declared to mark Eid al-Fitr.
According to Press TV, on Monday, Syria’s military high command released a statement that said "a regime of calm will be extended for a period of 72 hours from one o'clock on July 12."
On Wednesday, the General Command of the Syrian Army announced in a statement that a truce would come into force as of 1:00 p.m. local time (10:00 GMT) and will be in effect until July 8 midnight, for the occasion of Eid al-Fitr, which marks the end of the holy Muslim fasting month of Ramadan.
The ceasefire was also once extended on Saturday.
Earlier, foreign-backed Takfiri terrorists shelled several neighborhoods in the Northern Syrian Province of Aleppo, killing at least eight people and injuring some 80 others.
According to the so-called Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, over 300 artillery shells were used in the attack.
Aleppo has been divided between government forces and terrorists since 2012, a year after conflict broke out in the Arab country.
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