Low appearance and chaos | Nearly 200 people head to Al-Waar Centre on first day of reconciliation

Homs province: SOHR activists have monitored low turnout to the reconciliation centre in Homs city, where not more than 200 people headed to the centre on the first day, despite the regime promoted the reconciliation a week ago, and made media buzz to open a centre for reception in Al-Moared city in Al-Waar neighbourhood in Homs.

Members of the regime’s security branches caused chaos, while organizing reconciliation operations and interrogating those applying, causing huge chaos in the area, with screams and shouts between members and a stampede among people applying at the reconciliation centre.

The settlement took place in the presence of the Head of the State Security Intelligence Division, Major General “Hossam Luqa” and the Governor of Homs “Namir Makhlof”, in addition to the Head of the State Security Branch, Brigadier General “Madin Modda”, the Head of the Military Security Branch, Brigadier General “Muhammed Suleiman Qina”, in addition to the individual military judge responsible over the affairs of the defected people who did not undergo reserve and mandatory services of the regime.

According to SOHR sources, the settlement which includes the situation of wanted suspects for the security branches was delayed until noon, where the security forces made sure to hold the personal identities of civilians present inside the hall to ensure that they do not leave, and to show the largest possible number of families in front of the lenses of the pro-Syrian and pro-Iranian media.

A large segment of the people of Homs governorate considered that the total number of auditors, which did not exceed 200 people on the first day of settlements, is very small compared to the number of suspects from Homs and its countryside, in addition to the rest of the governorates that announced the committee’s readiness to receive them in Homs.

It is worth noting that in the settlement process that took place today in the Al-Waar neighborhood of Homs that the window concerned with undergoing settlements (the external department), specifically for those who decided to return from neighboring countries, was empty during the period of receiving settlement requests.

Earlier today, SOHR activists reported that the settlement process had begun at “settlement centre” recently established by the regime forces in Al-Waer neighbourhood of Homs, following a meeting that brought together dignitaries from Homs city with Homs governor and military figures to settle the status of civilians and military wanted by the security services.

This came as a part of the regime’s efforts to attract civilians outside areas under the control of regime forces by inviting them to strike reconciliation deals.
According to SOHR activists, the Centre began to settle the status of wanted for security services from Homs and other Syrian provinces amid a low turnout.
On November 6, SOHR activists reported that the “Reconciliation Committee” in Homs held a meeting with several dignitaries of the city and its countryside, in the presence of the governor of Homs, the head of the “Security Committee”, Major General “Hossam Loqa”, representatives of the 4th Division and the judge of the “Military Individual.”
According to reliable SOHR sources, the meeting resulted in several decisions, including the opening of a “Reconciliation Centre” for civilians and fighters who fled from the regime in Al-Ma’ared city in Al-Waer neighborhood in Homs, and it is supposed to start operating next Sunday according to the decree of the “Presidential Pardon” “.
Moreover, the defector fighters were given a chance of “Stop Pursue” for a month before surrendering themselves to the Military, and those fleeing the “reserve” or “compulsory” services are to be given six months. However, the reconciliation of civilians would be presented to the regime’s Intelligence branches to settle their conditions, provided there are no personal claims.