(Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian regime airstrikes killed two people and wounded dozen in the besieged al-Waer neighborhood in central Homs province, local activists said Monday.
The regime warplanes conducted 12 raids early Monday as death toll topped to 49 in a month of major offensive on the last rebel stronghold in Homs city.
Regime forces have extended its aerial and ground campaign on al-Waer since Feb 7, killing at least 49 people and wounding 470 more.
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.
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.
The regime warplanes conducted 12 raids early Monday as death toll topped to 49 in a month of major offensive on the last rebel stronghold in Homs city.
Regime forces have extended its aerial and ground campaign on al-Waer since Feb 7, killing at least 49 people and wounding 470 more.
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.
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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