(Zaman Al Wasl)- Activists of Daraya, south-west outskirts of the Syrian capital, denied reports circulated by state-run media saying a ceasefire agreement has been reached between Syrian forces and rebels on Saturday.
Activists said a temporary cease-fire took place yesterday as rebels delegation met with senior official in Republican Guards, who is in-charge of truces portfolio.
People of Daraya, a poor Sunni community, are looking for a long-term truce allowing them to survive starvation and severe siege imposed by Bashar al-Assad’s forces.
Truce tactic highly has been adopted by regime to keep neighboring suburbs calm despite rebels’ presence.
Many truces reached in Masaken Barzeh, Qboun and Mouaddamiya.
Assad troops, who recently made gains in Damascus suburbs as Mleiha, are playing the game stick and carrot with rebel-held suburbs. “When they feel strong they turned to monsters but when rebels bitterly beat them they turned to people for truce and ceasefire policy,” local activist said.
Daraya rebels have stipulated a list of demands including release of 300 detainees, including women and children, and Army withdrawal from Daraya city center.
As Aleppo as Daraya, regime have stormed the town by hundreds of barrel bombs, leaving scores dead and wounded for over 22 months, local activists said.
The planned truce seemed to be popular truce more than rebels one, activists say.
More than 191,000 people have been killed since Syria's conflict began in March 2011.
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