Syria: Armistice with insurgents in the south

After weeks of fierce fighting in southern Syria, the Syrian government has announced an immediate ceasefire with the insurgents. The two sides had agreed on a similar deal, reported the Syrian official SANA news agency last night. The agreement stipulates that insurgents "hand over their heavy and medium weapons to all towns and villages," the report says.

Fighters who disagree with this would live in southern Syria with their families. leave and be taken to the Idlib rebel stronghold in the north. In the last three weeks, a major military offensive has increasingly disrupted rebels in southern Syria.

Important Assad Success

The agreement was reached in negotiations between the Syrian government and its rebels. Previously, the rebels had already crossed the Syrian-Jordanian border through Nbadib without fighting against government officials. The Syrian army is launching a major offensive against rebels in the south of the country since June 19, with the support of Russian fighter planes. According to UN figures, up to 330,000 people have been displaced since then

. The reconquest of the southern province of Dara would be an important and symbolic victory for Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. The demonstrations against Assad began in March 2011 in the country's rural province. They expanded into a national conflict that killed more than 350,000 people.

Using Chlorine Gases

Meanwhile, it was revealed that poisonous gas was being used in the battles of the former Syrian Duma rebel in April. was. The Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) has indicated in an interim report that it has detected traces of chlorine gas in the tailings of two gas cylinders in insurgency-controlled cities. Islamists.

There is no evidence of use of nerve poison. The OPCW has repeatedly demonstrated the use of chemical weapons in the Syrian civil war, including mustard gas and the sarin nerve agent. However, she did not specify who was using the banned chemical weapons. The army and the rebels are blaming themselves for their use.

Immediately after the Duma incident on April 7, the West accused the Syrian army of using banned and banned chemical weapons. As a result, US armed forces, France, and Britain bombed targets in Syria. The government in Damascus and its ally Russia spoke of a staged incident designed to create an excuse for an attack.