(Zaman Al Wasl)- Russia has pledged to halt any regime offensive in southern Daraa province if armed groups halt attacking regime army personnel and if Russian military police start patrolling in the cradle of Syrian revolution, sources told Zaman al-Wasl Saturday.
Representatives of local committees that included former rebel commanders have urged Russia to press on Assad forces and Iran to cease mobilization as forces continue boosting positions at the gates of the southern
region.
Sources said the Central Committees in Daraa had met with Russian army officers in Izraa town on Friday where Russians pledged to end any attack if patrols recommence.
The Russian commander has also vowed to open a 'reconciliation' center to receive residents' complaints against any violation or abuse for the truce.
'All outstanding issues and problems had been discussed since the settlement agreement was reached in 2018,' the source said.
Tension reached momentum last week when unknown gunmen killed nine policemen in Daraa countryside.
Russia, the de-facto ruler of Syria, tried to engulf the tension by freeing detainees and providing promises that most of have not come true until now, activists say.
On Thursday, hundreds of people went to streets of Daraa, protesting against regime plan to overrun Tafas town.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said people have rallied Thursday evening in the towns of Tafas, Sahm Al-Golan, Hait, al-Karak el-Sharqi and Tal Shehab, demanding Iranian militias to leave the area. They were chanting “Free Syria, Iran out”.
Hunting of regime officers and its intelligence agents has mounted in the past few weeks, setting the regime's alarm as the two-year-old reconciliation deal in southern Syria is coming without fruit.
Damascus has failed in Daraa as its notorious security services continue arrests campaigns and keep tracking former rebel fighters who laid down their weapons, seeking to start a new post-war life.
Feeling insecure, has pushed dozens of former rebels to carry weapons again, according to analysts.
Last March, rare clashes erupted in the western countryside of Daraa but the regime's massive power had smashed the rebellion when dozens of tanks were stationed in the town of Sanamayn. Since then a severe siege has been imposed on the town.
The regime bombing has killed about 400,000 people according to the UN and Britain-based monitoring groups. The opposition rights groups say the number is more.
Zaman Al Wasl
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