Coalition forces have halted further airstrikes in the area south of Deir-al-Zor.
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The Russian Defense Ministry said earlier Saturday the us -led coalition killed 62 Syrian government troops and injured some 100 others in a round of airstrikes in eastern Syria’s province of Deir al-Zour.
The Russian military said 62 Syrian soldiers were killed near Deir Ezzor Airport, according to state-run Sputnik News Agency.
The US-led coalition has not responded to the accusations of the strike.
The United States and Russian Federation have called for a meeting of the UN Security Council to discuss the fragile ceasefire in Syria.
According to the State Department, Secretary of State John Kerry called Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov today and demanded that Russia “use its influence” to ensure that humanitarian aid shipments begin to flow nationwide, warning that the U.S. won’t engage in the joint targeting operations unless that happens. ISIS is common name for the Islamic State.
Russian ambassador to the U.N. Vitaly Churkin said there was no point in briefing the council if the US did not want to say exactly what was in the deal.
Meanwhile, a senior Russian military official said Moscow would help ensure the cease-fire in Syria for another three days, but warned the United States to press the rebels to end violations of the truce.
Russian military officials meanwhile lashed out at both the United States and mainstream rebels in the strongest language yet over the ceasefire struck last week in Geneva, a last-ditch effort to stop the bloodshed in Syria.
On Saturday, Russia said that the United States would have to be blamed for any breakdown of the ceasefire.
Earlier the Syrian army moved its heavy weapons back to a key road near the city of Aleppo after the opposition failed to withdraw theirs in sync.
The United States has been reluctant to release the details of the agreement, citing security concerns for some US-backed groups fighting in Syria.
The Russian president said Moscow would disclose nothing without U.S. consent, adding that he was “more positive than negative” about a United Nations resolution being agreed.
Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Saturday he remained “more positive than negative” over the ceasefire, although in comments delivered in Kyrgyzstan he cast doubt on Washington’s commitment to the deal, saying it was “deviating” from its own call for openness and had been unable to split moderate from “semi-criminal” rebels.
But 40 trucks carrying desperately needed food aid were still stuck on the border with Turkey on Saturday.
The exchange comes against a backdrop of US and Russian attempts to implement a cease-fire agreement that would allow the two countries to work together to target Islamic State extremists as well as al-Qaeda-linked rebels fighting Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s forces.
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Khan Sheikhun, like most of the surrounding province, is controlled by an alliance of rebels, hardline Islamists and jihadists such as the Fateh al-Sham Front.
