After the factions’ reject for the Russian terms and demonstrating against them, representatives of north Homs and south Hama meet with the Russians and representatives of the regime to take the final decision

Homs province, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights: the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights learned that a meeting is taking place between representatives of the northern countryside of Homs and southern countryside of Hama, and, between representatives of the Russian Forces and regime and forces, at the contact lines between the areas controlled by the factions and the areas controlled by the regime forces in the northern countryside of Homs province, where the meeting has been taking place since 4 hours; in an effort to reach a final agreement about Homs and Hama areas, after Russia imposed yesterday its conditions and the factions of the area refused the agreement, while civilian parties called to spare the civilians living in the areas the killing, shelling and destruction, after thousands of raids, airstrikes, and thousands of shells and missiles, which have been hitting the area in the previous years and left thousands of casualties and wounded.

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitored several demonstrations during the last night in the cities, towns and villages of Talbiseh, al-Rastan, al-Houla, al-Farhaniyah, al-Dar al-Kabira, al-Makramiyyeh, al-Sa’en, al-Hashimiyah and other areas in the northern countryside of Homs and southern countryside of Hama, in rejection of the displacement agreement of both countryside towards the Syrian north, also several factions working in the area (most notably the 4th Corps) have rejected the conditions of the Russians during the meeting that took place yesterday, Tuesday, the 1st of May 2018, between representatives of both areas representatives, and, representatives of the regime and the Russians, where the Syrian Observatory published yesterday night that the meeting was over with setting a date for a new meeting tomorrow at noon, in which a final decision will be taken, after it was agreed on terms that need final approval by the both sides, to start to be implemented, which are the handing over of heavy and medium weapons in 72 hours after starting to implement the agreement, the exit of those who refuse the “settlement” towards the Syrian North, letting those who desire to return after their displacement, in addition to organizing the process of recruiting those who defaulted the compulsory military service and settling the situations of the dissidents after giving them a grace period from 6 to 9 months, the return of government departments to work and organizing the educational process for those who are late in study, and the entry of the Russian military police to the countryside of Hama and Homs.

The sources confirmed to the SOHR that these conditions which includes both northern and southern countryside of Homs, were preceded by conditions including the handing over of heavy weapons by the factions and the entry of Russian military police with the reactivation of the government departments, and the meetings were coincided with ongoing ceasefire since the afternoon of Sunday in the northern countryside of Homs and the adjacent southern countryside of Hama, after the meeting that took place between representatives of both areas and between representative of the Russians and the regime, within the framework of search for a solution concerning the situation of both countryside, which witnessed yesterday, Monday, the 30th of April 2018, following a series of airstrikes and raids by warplanes and helicopters, mostly concentrated on the northern countryside of Homs, also the bombardment targeted areas in the southeastern countryside of Hama, which came after bringing large military reinforcements to both northern countryside of Homs and southern countryside of Hama, where the SOHR monitored that the regime forces have sent large military reinforcements of members, material, weapons and armored vehicles to the area, preparing for carrying out a military operation in the area aims to end the presence of the factions in the area and regain the control of the area by the regime forces.