After al-Dumayr and the entry of Russian military police, the first step of the Eastern Qalamoun agreement is underway and preparations for completing the remaining items

Rif Dimashq Province, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights: the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights learned that preparations are underway in the four cities and towns of the Eastern Qalamoun, to carry out the Eastern Qalamoun agreement which was reached between the factions and representatives of these areas, and, the Russians and the regime, where the agreement called for Russian guarantees to carry out this operation, which prompted the Russian military police forces to enter al-Rahiba town, where it is expected in the past 24 hours for the preparation process to start and transfer people from these areas to their destinations in Syrian north, while factions of the area have handed over their weapons to regime’s authorities, and the sources confirmed that the factions have chosen Afrin as their destination, after transferring the displaced people of al-Dumayr to Jandairis area in the southwest sector of Afrin countryside.

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights published yesterday that preparations are underway in the towns and mountains of the Eastern Qalamoun, in order to implement the final agreement reached yesterday between factions and representatives of the area of the Eastern Qalamoun on one hand, and representatives of the Russians and the regime on the other, based on some terms provided for:

“The ceasefire and the start to hand over the heavy and medium weapon, the Russian side has to organize the process of displacing the people whose names listed of who refuse the agreement to their destination, the inspection of the convoys for only one time with a Russian policeman on each bus, the carrying of personal luggage, individual weapons and quiver is allowed, while the Russian police have the task of protecting the convoys of the displaced people from their departure until their arrival, the deployment of the military police at the entrances of the cities and prevent the entry of the regime forces into them, and the situations of those who remain inside the city have to be settled, through forming a committee inside the city to complete this step, the formation of a trio committee between those who are in charge of the city and the Russians and the regime with a task of running the affairs of the city and resolve the issues of prisoners and detainees, giving those who defaulted compulsory military service a six-month grace period that can be extended to one year, the surrender of the dissidents within 15 days provided that a special amnesty is issued for them and they have to be given the choice to leave the area in the case of their refusal, the preservation of the property and the rights of the displaced people and not to be touched or seized”

And the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights published yesterday that a final agreement has been reached between representatives of the Russians and the regime and representatives of the areas of al-Nasriyyeh, Jeroud, al-Atnah, al-Rahiba, al-Sharqi Mountain and Batra Mountain, and in the details obtained by the Observatory: the meeting between that took place between parties of the agreement on Thursday, the 19th of April 2018, led to a full agreement among them, which provides exit of all of who wants to from the factions of the area (Jaysh al-Islam, Ahmad al-Abdu Forces , Jaysh Tahrir al-Sham, Ahrar al-Sham Movement, Jaysh Osud al-Sharqiyyah, Shuhada’a al-Qaryatayn Brigades, Saraya Ahel al-Sham and members from Hayyaat Tahrir al-Sham), in addition to the families of fighters and other civilians who refuse the agreement towards the Syrian north in the coming days, after handing over the medium and heavy weapons.