(Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian regime forces closed on Tuesday the main crossing of al-Waer, the last rebel-held area of Homs, a move seeks to tighten the noose on the besieged people despite a U.N.-mediated truce reached last December, residents said.
Shutting the crossings came as regime tries to press on the neighborhood's negotiation committee that demands the release of 7350 have been arrested since March 2011, source said.
The truce deal stated that Bashar al-Assad's regime must disclose the fate of the detainees. Families and relatives who went to street last February said the fate of their sons are still unknown.
UNICEF expresses concern over education decline in Waer neighborhood
On December 10, 300 fighters together with 400 members of their families left al-Waer as part of a rare local ceasefire deal negotiated between the opposition and the regime.
The fighters and their families were being moved to rebel-held areas of the northwest near the Turkish border.
Regime forces plan to disarm rebels who want to stay in al-Waer or pushing them to leave the neighborhood before the third stage of the deal takes into effect.
Few weeks ago, residents of al-Waer celebrated their first wholesale vegetable market after three years of shelling and siege as regime allowed a daily12 tons of vegetables to entering the district.
Al-Waer's Souq al-Hal, where tens of street vendors and farmers sell vegetables and fruit in the wholesale price, has revived again, residents said, hoping the whole daily life can came back slowly.
The United Nations says at least 260,000 people have been killed, 6.6 million people have been displaced in Syria and 13.5 million need humanitarian assistance.
Shutting the crossings came as regime tries to press on the neighborhood's negotiation committee that demands the release of 7350 have been arrested since March 2011, source said.
The truce deal stated that Bashar al-Assad's regime must disclose the fate of the detainees. Families and relatives who went to street last February said the fate of their sons are still unknown.
UNICEF expresses concern over education decline in Waer neighborhood
On December 10, 300 fighters together with 400 members of their families left al-Waer as part of a rare local ceasefire deal negotiated between the opposition and the regime.
The fighters and their families were being moved to rebel-held areas of the northwest near the Turkish border.
Regime forces plan to disarm rebels who want to stay in al-Waer or pushing them to leave the neighborhood before the third stage of the deal takes into effect.
Few weeks ago, residents of al-Waer celebrated their first wholesale vegetable market after three years of shelling and siege as regime allowed a daily12 tons of vegetables to entering the district.
Al-Waer's Souq al-Hal, where tens of street vendors and farmers sell vegetables and fruit in the wholesale price, has revived again, residents said, hoping the whole daily life can came back slowly.
The United Nations says at least 260,000 people have been killed, 6.6 million people have been displaced in Syria and 13.5 million need humanitarian assistance.
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