No-escalation zone established in northern area of Homos

The Syrian army announced on Thursday that Syrian-bound buses had begun crossing into an area controlled by the opposition in Syria as part of a ceasefire agreement between the party and the Nasra Front. The military media reported that a convoy of more than 100 buses arrived at the area of the sun in the province of Hama, where they will pass from government areas.

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights also reported the arrival of the convoy to the countryside of Hama, and said that preparations were being made to transport passengers to the territory controlled by the opposition.

Russia announced on Thursday that it had agreed with the Syrian opposition to establish a new "no-escalation zone" north of the city of Homs, while Egyptian media said that Cairo played a role in the agreement.

In the same context, Local media reported on Wednesday that the United States was planning to leave the training base near the Iraqi border, and the Russian military would take over it.

"These reports are unfounded," the spokesperson said. "The coalition controlled area within the established deconfliction zone near al-Tanf remains an important area in which coalition special operations forces train and equip, advise, assist, accompany and enable Vetted Syrian Opposition (VSO) groups."

The spokesperson added that the training helps such groups as the Maghawir al-Thawra (MaT) to fight Daesh in the Jordan-Syria-Iraq border area in south Syria.

In June, the coalition said it would not leave the al-Tanf garrison until Daesh is defeated.

Earlier in July The Washington Post reported that President Donald Trump decided to end the CIA's program to arm and train Syrian opposition fighters.

The US-led coalition has twice struck Syrian-government aligned forces in al-Tanf area, which later became part of the US-Russia agreement on de-confliction zone's creationin southern Syria.