MOSCOW, October 18. /TASS/. The decision on halting airstrikes in Aleppo is a goodwill gesture on the part of the Syrian authorities and the Russian military, the success of the armistice depends on how it will be taken by the West and the armed opposition, members of Russia’s Federation Council (upper house of parliament) International Affairs and Defense Committees told TASS on Tuesday.
If the insurgents leave Aleppo, "the city will be able to go back to peaceful life," to get food, medications, evacuate the wounded, said Viktor Ozerov, the Chairman of the Federation Council Defense and Security Committee. "As for the humanitarian situation, of course, it will improve, if the other side agrees to the ceasefire," the senator stressed.