A committee formed by rebel factions and civil society in northern Homs has met with the Russian military on Tuesday as part of a cease-fire deal reached last week where both parties discussed the fate of forcibly disappeared and detainees as well the food and aid entry to the besieged region.
The committee, in statement posted online, said residents and rebels of de-escalation zones in Syria seek a unified platform for the basic three zones in Eastern Ghouta, Syrian south and northern Homs, to reach a new deal to substitute Cairo agreement.
Rebels of northern denied the entry of a Russian aid convoy on Monday, saying detainees release is the first priority.
Russian military police on Sunday deployed in the northern countryside, setting up two checkpoints and observation points.
The main Russian checkpoint was in Dar al-Kabira crossing, the only gateway to northern Homs, local reporter said.
The truce that began Thursday and the deployment are part of the third of four planned cease-fires reached in recent months under an agreement brokered by Russia, Iran and Turkey in May that aims to "de-escalate" the violent Syrian civil war, now in its sixth year.
