Well-known personalities from the besieged neighborhoods of Homs met with Syria’s regime Reconciliation minister in al-Safir hotel yesterday in step to break 22-month of siege and starvation.
The meeting with Minister Ali Haidar and Homs governor Talal al-Barazi comes in preparation for long-term truce, activists told Zaman Alwasl .
The Syrian army and National Defense Forces are encircling the city, not allowing food, medical supplies or people in or out in a collective punishment that rebels say is an attempt to force a surrender, according to Syria Direct..
“Everyone has abandoned the blockade people,” al-Telawi said. “We don’t see any advancement outside the blockade, or any political solution aiming to save those who cling to life,” he said.
In February, a United Nations-brokered deal between the Syrian government and rebel groups in Old Homs allowed thousands of citizens to evacuate and permitted the entry of some medical and food supplies.
Since then, Old Homs has seen a return to the status quo: Syrian forces continue to pressure rebels to surrender themselves by blocking the entry of food into the neighborhoods. Many rebels have, citing unbearable conditions.
For months, rebels have touted a battle they title “Qadimoun” as progressing toward “the liberation” of Old Homs’ besieged neighborhoods. With Syria Direct
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