Russian military keeps monitoring situation in Deir Ez-Zor

MOSCOW - 4 November 2017: The Russian Defense Ministry has opened a department of its reconciliation center in the Syrian city of Deir ez-Zor and the officers are carrying out the monitoring of humanitarian situation on the left bank of Euphrates River, Sputnik news quoted the ministry as saying in a statement on Saturday.

Meanwhile, Russian military engineers continue the demining of liberated districts of Deir ez-Zor, according to the ministry.

"Over the last 24 hours, engineers have screened 25.5 ha [hectares] of the city and its suburbs, 21 buildings; located and defused 338 explosive devices," the bulletin said.

On Friday, the Syrian Armed Forces’ General Staff said that the army and its allies had liberated the city of Deir ez-Zor from Daesh.