DAMASCUS - The Syrian army announced Monday evening extending a regime of calm for additional 72 hours, the third consecutive extension to take place recently, state news agency SANA said.
The new extension will enter into effect on July 12 and will end on July 14, said the report.
The first recent 72-hour ceasefire went into effect last Tuesday, and was extended for a similar duration for the second time on Saturday.
The regime of silence was planned to be nationwide, but the northern city of Aleppo has seen one of the most violent situation during the last week, when the rebels went on retaliatory offensives on government-controlled areas, to revenge the government troops' control over the last supply line for the rebels in the northern countryside of Aleppo.
Over 60 people were killed and hundreds of others wounded over the past few days, when the rebels of the al-Qaida-linked Nusra Front and likeminded groups rained down Aleppo with hundreds of mortar shells.
On Monday morning, the Nusra and allied militants unleashed simultaneous attacks on government-controlled districts in western Aleppo.
Opposition activists said the rebels advanced near the historic citadel of Aleppo, where government forces have for long been stationing.
Pro-government reports denied the claim, amid a definitive truth that the city is living a bloody nightmare. (Xinhua)