As the fourth project of the Working Group on the Release of
Detainees/Abductees, Handover of Bodies and Identification of Missing
Persons which was established within the framework of the Astana process
with the participation of Turkey, the Russian Federation and Iran as well
as the United Nations, several persons detained by the opposition groups
and the regime were mutually and simultaneously released on 31 July 2019 in
the Abu al Zindeen district in the south of al-Bab, controlled by the
opposition.
The Working Group will continue its activities in the coming period.