The clashes continue in the southern countryside of Hama and northern countryside of Homs with more aerial and ground shelling

The northern countryside of Homs and the southeastern countryside of Hama witnessed violent clashes, between the rebel and Islamic factions against the regime forces and militiamen loyal to them in the areas of Salim, al-Humayrat and Qebbat al-Kerdy, accompanied by exchange of targeting in the clash areas between both parties, which caused more casualties in the ranks of them both and damaged vehicles of both parties, while the warplanes carried out more raids on areas in the countryside of Hama and Homs, raising to about 105, the number of raids that targeted the area since yesterday night until now, while the regime forces shelled villages and towns in the southern countryside of Homs and places in al-Houla area, and the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitored vehicles of the regime forces withdrawing from Taqsis area, while the SOHR published about two weeks ago, that the regime forces managed to take the control of Taqsis village and its mountain in the south-eastern countryside of Hama, and in the details monitored by the Syrian Observatory; a column of the regime forces accompanied by a delegation that sources said that it included representatives of the Russian side, entered Taqsis, Al-Amarah, Jumaqliyah and other villages, where the regime forces held their presence in Taqsis and Al-Amarah which were empty free from any military presence, in conjunction with their entry to 2 other nearby villages in the area.

And the Syrian Observatory published yesterday that the meeting which supposed to be held yesterday afternoon, Sunday the 22nd of April 2018, was cancelled, while the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitored a meeting held on the 18th of April 2018, in al-Dar al-Kabira area in the northern countryside of Homs, which took place between representatives of the Russian side and representatives of the factions and the parties working in the northern countryside of Homs, and intersected sources confirmed that an agreement of ceasefire took place between the regime forces and the factions of north of Homs and south of Hama until Sunday the 22nd of April 2018, provided that the Russians guarantee that the regime commits to the results of this agreement, in which the SOHR has obtained a copy of this initiative by mediators, in order to reach a accordant solution about the northern countryside of Homs, which has been witnessing renewed aerial and artillery shelling for 72 hours, which resulted in the fall of casualties and wounded, where several points were raised, in order to be discussed and reach an agreement between the representatives of the northern countryside of Homs and representatives of the Russian side, and the agreement included “opening communications via a joint committee including representatives of the northern countryside of Homs and representatives of the Russian side, in order to work on making a chart leads to an inclusive settlement that keeps the area of the northern countryside of Homs and the adjacent countryside and Homs city away from the war, thus, an inclusive ceasefire will prevail the area in accordance with the commitments of the parties, opening at least two entrances where the Russian military police have to be presented between the regime’s controlled areas and the factions’ controlled areas, then areas will be gradually and successively agreed to be turned into civilian areas and let the Russian military police enter them, the formation of a committee of 7 persons of those who are exist inside and outside the factions’ controlled areas, the formation of a council to control the area with a higher committee, then the government institutions of the regime will be reactivated, and then the factions will be divided into 3 categories, one is civilian police, the second is military police and the third is responsible for the heavy weapon, bringing out every member of Hayyaat Tahrir al-Sham, training the members of both civilian and military police by the Russians for 3 to 6 months provided that Hmeimim Base will be their higher authority, while the faction that will be responsible for the heavy weapon is composed of dissident officers and soldiers, under the supervision of Russian advisers, and it will be rehabilitated to be the core of the new Syrian army in the future, and it will be assigned to the task of defending the area against the terrorist organizations, the release of the detainees with non-criminal charges who have been detained since 2011, the release the abductees and captives who were captured by the factions of the northern countryside of Homs, creating a mechanism for getting a general amnesty for the wanted persons, and creating a mechanism for bringing those who reject the agreement out of the area”.