About 44 buses carry about 2500 persons on board continue their way from the Eastern Qalamoun to the Syrian north after hours of inspection
Rif Dimashq Province, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights: the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights learned that the convoy which was prepared in Al-Qalamoun is still on its way after departing from Rahiba area, where the convoy has arrived to the countryside of Hama and now it is heading towards the countryside of Aleppo province, while another convoy is being prepared to be departed to Afrin area, in preparation for their settlement in the area from which its people had been displaced by the Turkish forces, who started Operation “Olive Branch” on the 20th of January 2018, supported by the pro-Turkey Syrian opposition factions, and sources on board of the Buses confirmed to the Syrian Observatory that the convoy was thoroughly inspected on al-Qutayfah Checkpoint area shortly after departing, which delayed the convoy’s journey to its destination, while tens of fighters, civilians and their families have changed their decision to exit the Eastern Qalamoun, and decided to remain with Russian guarantees in the Eastern Qalamoun area, provided that their situations will be “settled” at a later time, as one of the conditions of the agreement.
The sources confirmed to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights that it is expected tomorrow for a batch of fighters from other factions to be departed –from Ahrar al-Sham and Hayyaat Tahrir Al-Sham– to Idlib Province, while the number of buses that got out of the Eastern Qalamoun reached about 44 buses carrying about 2500 civilians, fighters and their families, while tens of tanks, armored vehicles, medium and heavy weapons, missiles and ammunition were handed over as one of the items of the agreement, which provides 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 two days ago 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.