The Syrian Observatory For Human Rights

In early hours of implementing Russian proposal | Negotiating committee avoids final approval and alarming clam after clashes in Daraa al-Balad

 

Daraa province: Daraa al-Balad and the surrounding areas of Daraa city have witnessed alarming calm, in the early hours of Monday that coincided with the first hours of implementing items of the Russian roadmap that stipulated exist of the besieged civilians in Daraa al-Balad and handing over their weapons.

Meanwhile, the regime forces and the 4th Division has bombarded besieged districts in Daraa al-Balad with tanks and heavy machine guns in the early hours of Monday amid clashes with RPGs between local gunmen on one side and the regime forces on the other at the outskirts of Daraa al-Balad.

Trading fire came after the negotiations committee has announced that it hasn’t completely agreed on the Russian proposal after end of the negotiation round on Sunday.
It is worth noting that the Russian proposal has stipulated halting the escalation, opening human crossings, handing weapons over, settling conditions of the wanted civilians and deploying Russian police patrols to monitor the ceasefire operation.

Yesterday, the negotiation Committee and the Russian delegation agreed on starting settlement of security situations of the wanted individuals and handing their weapons over to regime forces, with specifying Zanobyah School as the center where these weapons will delivered. In addition, the two sides agreed on preparing busses for transporting civilians and women, who are not wanted by regime forces, from Daraa al-Balad through al-Saraya crossing.

On The other hand, The Negotiation Committee has announced that the agreement stipulated the displacement of wanted people, and that green busses are prepared to transport them out.

SOHR reliable sources confirmed that everyone stays in the region without settling their security status, will be considered as a terrorist and prosecuted by the Russians.

It is worth noting that Russian forces supervise the implementation of the agreement, which will take 15 days.

Yesterday, Russian forces patrols escorted by four vehicles had arrived at al-Saraya checkpoint that separated Daraa al-Balad and Daraa al-Mahata.

SOHR activists had reported that that four “Green” vehicles and several cars carrying some civilians who were likely correspondents of regime media to report exist of the besieged civilians in Daraa al-Balad to the vehicles of to the neighborhood of Daraa al-Mahata.

A few hours earlier, regime forces bombarded with Gvozdika shelling in the vicinity of a leader’s headquarters in Tafs and the northwest hills in al-Yadoodah neighborhood in western Daraa.

According to sources, the opposition leader reported that he did not trust Russia and refuses to hand over his weapons. On the other hand, regime forces and the 4th Division bombarded with tanks and heavy weapons shells several neighborhood in Daraa.