The Syrian regime and its opponents in Daraa Governorate (south) reached an agreement to hand over the remaining light weapons to former opponents in exchange for lifting the siege imposed a month ago on “Daraa Al-Balad” in the center of Daraa city, and stopping a military operation that the regime had been mobilizing for days, according to a local source. .
Ayman Abu Nuqta, a spokesman for the "Ahrar Houran Gathering" - a gathering that includes activists and journalists from Daraa - told Anadolu Agency that under the agreement, the regime forces will lift the siege on the Daraa al-Balad area and remove military barriers from its entrances and exits in exchange for the former opponents of the regime handing over part of their light weapons.
The agreement also stipulated - according to the spokesman - that the regime forces would establish 3 military points in Daraa al-Balad, and settle the situation of dozens of young men who did not settle after the agreement sponsored by Russia in 2018, according to which thousands of opponents left the city to the north of Syria, while the You remain in the settlement area with the regime.
Neither the Syrian regime nor the opposition issued an official statement on the terms of the aforementioned agreement between the two parties.
On June 25, the Syrian regime forces and their affiliated militias imposed a siege on the Daraa al-Balad area, which is inhabited by 40,000 people, after the former opponents of the region refused to hand over light weapons, as it was in violation of the agreement brokered by Russia 3 years ago, which stipulated that the opposition hand over heavy and medium weapons. Just, keep her light weapon.
During the past few days, Syrians and activists have expressed through social media their solidarity with the people of Daraa, calling for an end to the siege imposed on them by the forces of the Syrian regime and its ally Russia.