(Zaman Al Wasl)- 2000 rebel fighters with their families to leave al-Tal, a northeastern suburb of Damascus on Friday, heading Idlib province after an evacuation deal reached early this week, local activists said.
‘Cleansing rebel pockets’ surrounding the capital as regime media says has been under the U.N, supervision and the Red Crescent. Thousands of rebels have fled the towns of Madaya, Daraya, Yarmouk, Hajer la-Aswad and al-Hama.
Activists have accused the regime of deliberate demographic change and replacing the Sunni areas by Shiite population mostly from Iran and Iraq along with Bashar al-Assad’s fellow Alawites.
The regime reconciliation committee in al-Tal town declared that rebels reached an agreement reached on Saturday, calling on the protesting residents to return to their homes.
In recent days, a large number of civilians took to the streets in the town of al-Tal and called on the militants to join the peace agreement with the regime or leave the town.
The demonstrators gathered in front of Jameh (grand) mosque in the town and chanted slogans, including "No to War and Yes to Peace" and called for the complete pullout of the rebels from their town, Fars said.
Based on the agreement, rebel fighters to leave the town, carrying their light weapons, and others who seek to stay in al-Tal will be pardoned once they lay down arms. Also, the roads linking al-Tal and other regions will reopen again, according to Fars agency.
‘Cleansing rebel pockets’ surrounding the capital as regime media says has been under the U.N, supervision and the Red Crescent. Thousands of rebels have fled the towns of Madaya, Daraya, Yarmouk, Hajer la-Aswad and al-Hama.
Activists have accused the regime of deliberate demographic change and replacing the Sunni areas by Shiite population mostly from Iran and Iraq along with Bashar al-Assad’s fellow Alawites.
The regime reconciliation committee in al-Tal town declared that rebels reached an agreement reached on Saturday, calling on the protesting residents to return to their homes.
In recent days, a large number of civilians took to the streets in the town of al-Tal and called on the militants to join the peace agreement with the regime or leave the town.
The demonstrators gathered in front of Jameh (grand) mosque in the town and chanted slogans, including "No to War and Yes to Peace" and called for the complete pullout of the rebels from their town, Fars said.
Based on the agreement, rebel fighters to leave the town, carrying their light weapons, and others who seek to stay in al-Tal will be pardoned once they lay down arms. Also, the roads linking al-Tal and other regions will reopen again, according to Fars agency.
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