(Zaman Al Wasl)- The ceasefire talks still underway in the besieged al-Waer neighborhood between the Syrian regime and local negotiations committee to end bombing and reaching a formula enable rebels to leave the last stronghold in the central city of Homs.
Well-informed sources said the Russian-brokered negotiations to hold decisive meeting on Saturday after intensive talks on Friday.
The aerial bombing continued despite the ceasefire talk, residents say.
The Russian draft said about 300 rebel fighters to leave al-Waer while other who want to stay will not being arrested prosecuted later.
The key ally of Bashar al-Assad and the de facto ruler of Damascus provided no guarantees to halt bombing that killed about 50 civilians in the last four weeks.
Russia put a heavy weight on the besieged people to accept the deal, Mohamed Jouja, an opposition figure, said. Russia threatened to cancel the deal if residents will not accept the reconciliation with the regime
Last Monday, regime airstrikes killed two people and wounded dozen in al-Waer. 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.
Well-informed sources said the Russian-brokered negotiations to hold decisive meeting on Saturday after intensive talks on Friday.
The aerial bombing continued despite the ceasefire talk, residents say.
The Russian draft said about 300 rebel fighters to leave al-Waer while other who want to stay will not being arrested prosecuted later.
The key ally of Bashar al-Assad and the de facto ruler of Damascus provided no guarantees to halt bombing that killed about 50 civilians in the last four weeks.
Russia put a heavy weight on the besieged people to accept the deal, Mohamed Jouja, an opposition figure, said. Russia threatened to cancel the deal if residents will not accept the reconciliation with the regime
Last Monday, regime airstrikes killed two people and wounded dozen in al-Waer. 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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