April 5, 2016
Russian mine disposal experts have begun demining the historical areas of the embattled city of Palmyra, which was recently liberated from Islamic State (IS, formerly ISISL/ISIS) by the Syrian army with the help of Russian air and special forces.
“Within last 24 hours, the engineers have cleared 4 hectares of the historical part of the city. They have defused 108 explosive devices,” reads a statement from the Russian Centre, which is aimed at reconciling the opposing sides and tasked with overseeing compliance by all parties to the Syrian conflict’s cessation of hostilities agreement.
Source: RT.com