(Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian regime bombardment killed three civilians, including White Helmets worker, in the besieged al-Waer neighborhood in central Homs city, local reporter said Tuesday.
Regime forces have extended its aerial and ground campaign on al-Waer, killing more than 40 people in three weeks.
Al-Waer, the last rebel-held neighborhood in the western city of Homs, had for months been spared much of the intense violence raging elsewhere in the country, as the regime tried to conclude an agreement with insurgents there.
Bombardment of the district resumed earlier this month, rescue workers and the Observatory reported.
Pro-Syrian government media outlets have said strikes were in response to rebels firing at residential areas of government-held Homs neighborhoods.
Damascus has tried to conclude a deal in al-Waer that would see rebel fighters and their families leave the district and the regime take over. Under similar local agreements in other parts of western Syria, rebels have left with light weapons and headed mostly for Idlib province.
The opposition says such agreements are part of a regime strategy to forcibly displace populations from opposition-held areas after years of siege and bombardment.
In September some 120 rebel fighters and their families left al-Waer in agreement with the government, but there have been no further reports of insurgents leaving. The Observatory estimates several thousand rebels remain there.
Regime forces have extended its aerial and ground campaign on al-Waer, killing more than 40 people in three weeks.
Al-Waer, the last rebel-held neighborhood in the western city of Homs, had for months been spared much of the intense violence raging elsewhere in the country, as the regime tried to conclude an agreement with insurgents there.
Bombardment of the district resumed earlier this month, rescue workers and the Observatory reported.
Pro-Syrian government media outlets have said strikes were in response to rebels firing at residential areas of government-held Homs neighborhoods.
Damascus has tried to conclude a deal in al-Waer that would see rebel fighters and their families leave the district and the regime take over. Under similar local agreements in other parts of western Syria, rebels have left with light weapons and headed mostly for Idlib province.
The opposition says such agreements are part of a regime strategy to forcibly displace populations from opposition-held areas after years of siege and bombardment.
In September some 120 rebel fighters and their families left al-Waer in agreement with the government, but there have been no further reports of insurgents leaving. The Observatory estimates several thousand rebels remain there.
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