The opposition reported on Monday 254 violations by government forces and their allies since the truce started.
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U.S. Special Operation forces are accompanying Turkish troops and Free Syrian Army fighters along the Turkish border near Jarabulus and Cobanbey in Syria, the Pentagon said on Friday. Shortly before the Syrian military declaration, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry told reporters on the sidelines of the U.N. General Assembly that the truce was “holding but fragile”.
Spokesman John Kirby said Russian Federation, which is responsible for ensuring Syria’s compliance, should clarify the Syrian position.
The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said on Monday that 29 children and teenagers are among those killed, as well as 17 women.
The figure does not include dozens of Syrian soldiers and Islamic State militants killed in the eastern province of Deir el-Zour, the Observatory said Monday.
Rebel forces and activists say government planes have bombed areas that are under the truce agreement, including rebel-held parts of Aleppo.
Which countries were involved in the attack, which Russian Federation said killed 62 Syrian soldiers, is unclear.
Moscow laid the blame squarely on the opposition after activists reported the strikes Sunday, the first since the weeklong cease-fire went into effect. Syrian state media said there were 32 violations by rebels on Sunday alone.
George Sabra of the High Negotiations Committee told The Associated Press on Monday that the truce has been repeatedly violated and did not succeed in opening roads for aid to enter besieged rebel-held areas.
The current tensions come on the heels of the weekend air strike by the USA -led coalition on Syrian army positions near Deir el-Zour. The station said the airstrikes targeted IS positions in areas such as the Tharda Mountain, which overlooks the airport of the city of Deir el-Zour.
The areas hit are close to Syrian army positions that were targeted on Sunday by the USA -led coalition. Australian, British and Danish warplanes were involved in that attack on Syrian army positions.
Russia’s Foreign Ministry is sharply criticizing the United States as being obstructive and deceptive regarding the airstrike by coalition warplanes on a Syrian military position that killed more than 60 soldiers.
Russian Federation and Turkey have backed opposing sides in Syria, with Moscow supporting President Bashar al-Assad while Ankara backs rebels fighting to oust him.
Assad said Monday the airstrikes by the USA -led coalition against his troops were meant to support the Islamic State group, calling the attack a “blatant American aggression”.
Rudskoi said the rebels violated the truce 302 times since it took effect a week ago, killing 63 civilians and 153 Syrian soldiers.
Turkey-backed rebels may extend their zone of control in northern Syria by pushing south and were now focussed on heading towards the Islamic State-held town of al-Bab, Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Monday.
The new development comes as the Free Syrian Army, backed by Turkish artillery earlier in the day, began to move toward ISIL’s stronghold al-Bab, almost 30 kilometers (20 miles) south of Cobanbey as a part of Operation Euphrates Shield.
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“General Dunford met with General Akar to advance discussions on the way forward in the fight against ISIL, and recommitted to the close military-to-military and strategic relationship the USA has with Turkey”, said Captain Gregory Hicks, a special assistant to the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
