About 1,000 people leave militants-controlled areas in Syria’s Idlib

About 1,000 people and 59 vehicles have left militants-controlled areas of the Idlib de-escalation zone via the al-Hader and Habit humanitarian corridors, Major General Yuri Borenkov, chief of the Russian Center for Reconciliation of the Opposing Parties in Syria, said on Monday, TASS reports.

"Over the past day, as many as 464 people and 26 cars and agricultural vehicles left the area via the al-Hader checkpoint in the Aleppo governorate. A total of 519 people and 33 vehicles left via the Habit checkpoint in the Hama governorate. No one left the area via the Anu al-Duhur checkpoint in the Idlib governorate," he told journalists.

The three checkpoints for people willing to leaver the Idlb zone started to operate on Monday morning.

The Russian reconciliation center continues to fulfill assigned tasks after the completion of the military campaign in Syria. The center’s officers regularly travel around the country's liberated areas to assess the humanitarian situation. The main efforts of the Russian military are now focused on assistance to the refugees returning to their homes and evacuation of civilians from de-escalation zones.