Third Agreement Between Rebels and Regime For a Ceasefire in Wadi Barada

- #Damascus_Suburbs | Jan 24th, 2017 : #Insaan_Rights_Watch

Third Agreement Between Rebels and #Assad For a Ceasefire in Wadi Barada

- A delegation from #Assad regime forces has agreed, on Sunday, with the rebels of Wadi Barada and a number of residents on a ceasefire between the two parties.

Activists reported that the meeting held in the town of Der Qanun in Wadi Barada resulted in an agreement for an immediate ceasefire along with the exit of the rebels from the region within 48 hours towards #Idleb. The agreement included:

The exit of the militants unwilling to settle their situations towards Idlib within 48 hours.

Settling the situation of the dissidents and those refraining from military service and giving them 6-month time limit to join the military service.

Residents of the villages of Basimah, Ayn al-Khadra, Ayn al-Fijeh, Afra, and Hurayra to return to their villages along with the withdrawal of regime forces to their villages too.

Maintenance workshops to enter #Wadi_Barada immediately and start pumping water to Damascus as soon as possible.

Regime's institutions to enter Wadi Barada along with the return of basic services and to break the siege.

It is noteworthy that this is the third agreement between the rebels and regime forces in Wadi Barada, but the latter and sectarian militias had violated and re-bombed the area in each time they reached an agreement.