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More than seven years after the beginning of the Syrian war, Bashar al-Assad's army can announce a symbolic victory: the rebels agreed to abandon Daraa . As reported by the official media, soldiers hoisted the
Syrian flag on the main square of the city.
Media activist Ahmed Masalmeh said that the rebels had accepted
Daraa city to hand over to government troops. The fighters could be from one
Government amnesty make use of or with their families in the
Rebel areas in northern Syria
subtract, says Masalmeh. they
had still controlled part of the city but were there by the
Government troops included. the
Daraa Governor Mohammed al-Hanus said the central government
According to the military media, the city is 80% in the hands of
Government troops.
The rebel spokesman Ibrahim Jabawi
confirmed that the rebels were giving their heavy weapons. He added that the negotiated agreement did not provide for
Government forces invaded the city. The Syrian Observatory for
According to human rights, Syrian army soldiers took pictures at Daraa and then left. In addition, shared activists
with, there were still insurgents in the city.
The reconquest of the city and
The province of Daraa would be symbolically more significant for the Syrian government
Victory. Because there, in March 2011, had the protests against the Bashar state leader
al-Assad began. The secret service had a group of
Students arrested and tortured in Daraa, anti-government graffiti
sprayed on the walls. After the arrests, there were demonstrations in the city,
against which the government has used force. They expanded into a national war,
whose course has already killed more than 400,000 people.
Millions of people have fled the fighting.
The government and the rebels had pbaded
Friday after Russian mediated negotiations for the province of Daraa
agreed a cease-fire with immediate effect. Insurgents must
so give up their weapons, withdraw their fighters and control the border
to Jordan to the government. Excluded from the agreement
jihadist militia fighters "Islamic State" (IS), one narrow
Territorial bands on the border with Jordan and those annexed by Israel
Control the Golan Heights. The agreement was concluded after three weeks
The air strikes of the Syrian army, which is supported by the Russian army. the
Devastating bombing forced the rebels to negotiate.
The
The Syrian army has already resumed all the east of the province of Daraa.
In the West, it also controls large areas in the meantime. Russia had
in September 2015 Assad's side in the armed conflict
intervened. With the support of Russia, Syrians were pushing
Government forces have since returned the rebels on all fronts. aujourd & # 39; hui
the government controls even more than three fifths of Syria
territory of the state.
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