Despite the oppose of some, the displacement agreement in central Syria begins its first step by handing over the heavy and medium weapons

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitored the factions working in the northern countryside of Homs, start handing over their heavy and medium weapons to the Russians and the regime forces, in an implementation for the first step of the agreement between representatives of the northern countryside of Homs and the southern countryside of Hama, and, the Russians and the regime, where the processes of handing over armored vehicles, tanks, heavy and medium machine guns, cannons and launchers have started, and the process is still taking place to finish this step, and then starting the displacement process after preparing lists of the those who refuse the agreement and wish to leave to the Syrian north of fighters, their families and civilians, also the barricades are being removed from the International highway in al-Rastan area.

The first step of this agreement is being carried out, despite the presence of factions and civilians who oppose the agreement, and the Syrian Observatory published this morning that more explosions shook regime forces’ controlled areas in the northern countryside of Homs, caused by the fall of more rocket shells launched by groups of who refused the agreement today morning on places in the villages of Jabburin and Akrad al-Dasniyyeh, but no information about causing casualties until the moment, also similar targeting took place yesterday night, where groups of who refused the agreement launched several rocket shells on places in Jadrin, al-Ghasbiyyeh, Ayn al-Dananir, and the area of al-Zara power plant, followed by shelling by the regime forces on areas north of Homs.

The Syrian Observatory published yesterday that it monitored the end of the meeting in the northern countryside of Homs, about the fate of the area and the fate of the southern countryside of Hama, and the SOHR learned from a number of intersected sources, that the meeting which lasted for more than 6 hours ended with a consensus between the both parties (representatives of the regime and Russians on one hand, and representatives of the northern countryside of Homs and the southern countryside of Hama on the other), on completing the preparations of the lists of the displaced people from the cities, towns and villages of the both areas, and handing over the heavy and medium weapons in 72 hours, to start the displacement processor towards the Syrian North -Jarabulus and Idlib-, so that those who refuse the agreement will leave and the situations of the fighters of the rebel and Islamic factions operating in the area and the dissidents who want to stay, will be settled, also the regime’s institutions will return to work, the return of students to schools and universities will be organized and the facilities will be reactivated as well as working on improving them, in addition to the entry of the Russian Military Police to the area.

And 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.