(Zaman Al Wasl)- Residents of northern Homs countryside have celebrated the Muslim feast of Eid al-Adha without fears of being bombed for the first time in 6 years.
The first time they do Eid Prayers in public not under the ground or in shelter, Abu Karmo from Talbiseh town told Zaman al-Wasl.
Abu Faisal said its the first Eid his village of al-Farhaniya not being bombed by regime warplanes due to the Russian-brokered ‘de-escalation’ zone agreement that reached on August 3 in Homs province.
Ahmed al-Waid who fled the neighborhood of al-Waer, last rebels stronghold in Homs city, said: ''being alone while my family still in al-Waer is disturbig my joy.''
The rebel faction still not satisfied by the ceasefire deal, said Yarub al-Dali, local activist.
A new deal to be announced soon to end rebels discords and to find new deal to keep the northern Homs out of regime airstrikes again, al-Dali added.
Al-Ghad, a Syrian political opposition group based in Cairo, brokered the deal in August between rebels and the Damascus government, sponsored by Egypt and Russia.
The agreement covers three rebel-held towns and dozens of villages north of Homs city, which is under government control, it said.
Russia had deployed its military police at the gates of northern Homs in July to try to enforce the de-escalation zone.
Several attempts at a lasting ceasefire in western Syria, where rebels have lost ground to government forces and their allies, have often collapsed with both sides trading the blame.
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