Russia's Defence Ministry and Syria's opposition have agreed to create a new "de-escalation" zone north of the city of Homs, the ministry spokesman, Igor Konashenkov, was shown saying on Russia's state Rossiya 24 TV channel on Thursday.
A ceasefire in this area is set to take affect at 1200 (0900 GMT) on Thursday, he said. The new de-escalation zone will include 84 settlements populated by more than 147,000 people, Konashenkov said.
Russian military police will set up checkpoints and look-out posts to separate the factions, monitor the ceasefire, ensure delivery of aid and facilitate reconciliation.
The creation of the third ceasefire zone, which doesn’t apply to ISIS and al-Nusra Front, was made possible following the latest round of negotiations in Cairo between the Russian defense ministry and the Syrian opposition.
Last month Russia said its military police will monitor ceasefire zones being established in Syria, the borders of which were agreed during the fifth round of negotiations in Astana held in July.
