The Russian Reconciliation Center for Syria, officially known as the Centre for Reconciliation of Opposing Sides and Refugee Migration Monitoring in the Syrian Arab Republic, founded on 23 February 2016, stated that it was a "peace monitoring center and information office" whose stated aim is to speed the peace negotiations between the

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and opposition groups. It was a joint Turkish-

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n government enterprise founded in agreement with the US-led coalition and was headquartered in

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. It was also reportedly tasked with coordinating

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missions and organizing localities to sign up to

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agreements. In May 2017, the reconciliation center was able to deliver 4.7 tonnes of humanitarian aid in 10 missions within 24 hours, according to the Russian Ministry of Defense. The Russian Reconciliation Center has also made allegations about what they called " video brigades" carrying out staged filming of made-up scenes after

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s, shelling and incidents involving

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s. It has also alleged that "consultants" for the "brigades" were known to locals as

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. Al Jazeera has denied similar claims.

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Bulletins of the Centre for Reconciliation of Opposing Sides and Refugee Migration Monitoring in the Syrian Arab Republic
2016 establishments in Russia 2016 establishments in Syria Military units and formations established in 2016 Organizations of the Syrian civil war Russian involvement in the Syrian civil war General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation