(VOVworld) - The Syrian army announced on Monday evening extension of period of calm for an additional 72 hours, the third consecutive extension to take place recently, state news agency SANA said. The new extension will come into effect on July 12 and will end on July 14.

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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 period of silence was planned to be extended 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. Over 60 people were killed and hundreds of others wounded over the past few days, when the rebels of the al-Qaida-linked Nusra Fornt and likeminded groups rained down Aleppo with hundreds of mortar shells on Aleppo.