Clashes south of Hodr town and one person dies in bombing by warplanes on al-Hajar al-Aswad
Al-Quneitra Province, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights: the regime forces shelled places in Jebbata al-Khashab town in the countryside of Quneitra, while clashes took place south of Hodr town in the northern countryside of Quneitra between the factions against the regime forces and the militiamen loyal to them, accompanied by exchange of targeting between both parties, but no information about casualties yet.
Damascus Province, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights: at least one person was killed by warplanes which carried out at least 15 airstrikes on areas in al-Hajar al-Aswad neighborhood which is under the control of the “Islamic State” organization on Sunday the 13th of October 2017, and the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights published on Sunday that the regime forces continue their artillery and missiles shelling on areas of Hajar Al-Aswad after at least 15 airstrikes on areas in ISIS-held neighborhood, and the rebel and Islamic factions are stationed in its vicinity, leaving injured people, amid information about martyrs in the shelling, while the shelling on al-Hajar al-Aswad coincided with shelling of the regime forces on areas in the outskirts of al-Yarmouk camp and an exchange of targeting between the militants loyal to the regime forces against members of the organization, in conjunction with warplanes flying in the sky of the area, while there is information about the shelling, which targeted al-Hajar al-Aswad and other areas south of Damascus, come in preparations of military operation that the regime intends to launch at the south of the capital, after 24 hours of the agreement of the factions operating south of the capital on cessation of military operations and ceasefire and de-escalation in south of Damascus, with Egyptian auspices and Russian guarantees.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights published on the 7th of September 2017 that 6 aid trucks have entered under the supervision of the Red Crescent to areas controlled by Hayyaat Tahrir Al-Sham in the Yarmouk camp south of the capital Damascus.
This entry of aid comes after postponing this second part of the demographic change agreement, regarding the evacuation of civilian and gunmen loyal to the regime of both Al-Fu’ah and Kafriya towns, in exchange for getting out the fighters and their families and those who reject the agreement from the south of the capital and Rif Dimashq, where the agreement was set to start in June 2017, while the Syrian Observatory published months ago that the second phase of the demographic change agreement concerning south of the capital Damascus, Kafriya and al-Fu’aa has been postponed from its date on the 4th of June 2017, reliable sources confirmed to the Syrian Observatory that the agreement was postponed due to logistical reasons the nature of which has not been known yet, now people are waiting the start of preparations for carrying the agreement out but no date was set.
And the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights also published weeks ago that the agreement about Zabadani and Madaya in the Rif Dimashq, Kafriya and Al-Fu’ah in the northeastern countryside of Idlib and Yarmouk camp south of the capital Damascus states:
“Complete evacuation for Kafriya and Al-Fu’ah in duration of 60 days in two phases in exchange for:
- Evacuating Zabadani and the families of Zabadani and Madaya and in the surrounding areas to the north.
- Cease-fire in the areas around al-Fu’ah and the area of south of the capital (Yalda, Babila and Beit Sahem)
- A truce for a period of 9 months in the areas mentioned above.
- Entering non-stop humanitarian aid to the mentioned areas, in addition to aid to al-Wa’er neighborhood in Homs.
- Evacuating 1500 captives from the prisons of the regime of those who were detained due to events related to the revolution (in the second phase of the agreement) without specifying the names (because of the difficulty of negotiating the file with the regime(
- Providing mutual lists by both parties for the numbers and names of the prisoners to work on the exchange.
- Evacuating Yarmouk camp (fighters to al-Nusra in the area)
Also there is an item that is not related to the Syrian matter related to releasing the Qatari and Arab kidnapped in Iraq.”