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   The negotiations within the framework of the national reconciliation program in Syria last four months, more and more are successful; particular success observed in the suburbs of Damascus, where the rebels by persuasion and guarantees, with the involvement of Russia, agreed to hand over without a fight captured cities and regions.
   Piece to Sergali town returned on 22 February after about 700 militants laid down their arms, and agreed to return to civilian life. RIA Novosti journalists has become one of the few foreign journalists who happened to be present in Sergali during reconciliation. Militants and their field commander (amir) of the radical group "Ahrar al-Sham" told the Russian journalist that led them to eventually return to civilian life, and what happened in the resort town of Sergali near the Lebanese border.

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   Sergali is considered by the Syrians one of the most popular resorts. In peacetime, the residents of Damascus and visit it to hide from the sweltering heat in this small town, located in the mountains at an altitude of over 1,400 meters. Considerable number of broken restaurants and hotels on the hillside reminds of this past.
   "Not only tourism was a source of wealth in the city. Town is located near Lebanon border, there is plenty of secret paths which were used to smuggle things to and from Lebanon, like diesel, jewelry, textile" said police officer Omar, who met Russian correspondent at the entrance to the city.

   On the occasion of the historic day for Sergali a governor of the province of Damascus Alaeddin Ibrahim and his entourage came to the town. At the checkpoint before entering the town soldiers hastily set tent and chairs are arranged in a circle. There should occur a symbolic meeting of representatives of the authorities with those who acted as an intermediary, and the elders of the city.

   From media representatives there was mainly Syrian press. Operators clearly were nervous, afraid not to have time to capture the moment the handshake of the parties and a statement of the governor.

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   Sergali is completely liberated, the city was under the control of militant groups that kept the inhabitants in the city. These militants, according to the agreement, left the city, after which the Syrian army regained control over it. Residents were against the militants and continuously insisted that they leave the area, resulting in the rebels headed toward Idlib. Most of the young people who were in the ranks of the insurgents, agreed to undergo rehabilitation and lay down their arms, some of them will joine the Syrian army. Another part of the after rehabilitation will live in his native Sergali. For our part, as soon as possible we will restore everything necessary for a normal life of citizens Sergali "- he told RIA Novosti the governor after the completion of all formalities, having to drink a sip of coffee.

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   Syrian President Bashar Assad on February 5 has once again extended the amnesty decree to all those who voluntarily lay down their arms, except for fighters of terrorist groups "Jabhat an-Nusra" and "Islamic state." This fact clearly played an important role in today's events in Sergali.
   Hundreds of young and not-so young men were divided into two groups: one is run through a inspection, the other gives to officials their weapons, fill the form and putting a fingerprint in a list instead of a signature.

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   "Say, if serious group of armed men come to you and told that you owe them to allocate part of their village and did not support army, or your relatives will die, what would you do? Last year we kicked group Daish (ISIS) from our village, that came from the north, than the Nusra tried to have persuaded to fight with them, but were until recently apart from us. Thank God, we were able to negotiate the army and intermediaries, and Nusra had to go to Idlib. As soon as they left, we gave signals that we want to surrender weapons and return to civilian life in our city" - says one of the men standing in the crowd, who, as it turned out later, worked in the state energy company.

 

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   "As a result of this decision (to accept the conciliation)  of every self-respecting Syrian ... Yes, there was a time when men in the city took up arms because war requires it. But it is not against the government but against those who want to destroy the city. I am a representative of "Ahrar" (radical group "Ahrar al-Sham"), and this is not my first participation in the conciliation before that we also spoke of the number of intermediaries. The state did not deceive us, and we are grateful to the generals, who have made great efforts, and we will never forget. We do not have contacts with representatives of "Ahrar" in the eastern suburbs of Damascus. My job was limited Sergali. Here, as you know, there was pressure from the militants of the Madai and Zabadani. There have been many attempts to play on the confessional issue between Sunnis and Shiites but Sergali has always been a line of demarcation between the two parties " - says calm and confident voice of the commander, who identified himself as Sheikh Muhannad Shammat.

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 There was no more time to talk - again I was approached by a colleague and said that we need to return to Damascus, as the road in the evening through Zabadani is dangerous, and the sooner we leave, the better.
   Visit to Sergali left double impression. Transshipment point of smugglers and resort town in one bottle was virtually not touched by destruction of the war, in contrast to many villages of Syria. The next steps towards reconciliation were Zabadani and Madai, and the city in the eastern suburbs of Damascus. In hopes of representatives of the Ministry for the reconciliation of Syria full exemption of suburb of the capital can happen in the foreseeable future.

 

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2 hours ago, LoooSeR said:

2 explosions in Homs city near military buildings (State security and military int.), 15 killed so far.

 

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Head of Military Security in Homs, Brigadier General Hassan Daabul was killed during bomb detonation in Homs

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   The Syrian Arab Army (SAA) renewed an offensive against militants reportedly from the group, Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham, in the suburbs outside eastern Damascus on Friday, after the fighters allegedly launched at attack against government soldiers in the area. 

   The fighting restarted following a two day ceasefire that fell apart, with militants still located in the Damascus suburbs of Harsata, al-Qaboun and Barzeh to SAA control. 

 

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Iraqi AF conducted strikes in Syria near Iraqi border yesterday.

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Sources close to the Syrian Foreign Ministry have confirmed #Iraq's air raid inside #Syria was approved by Damascus.

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Iraq got permission from the Syrian DM to conduct the airstrikes in Deir Ezzor today. They didn't do it illegally like some countries

 

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NEW MAP: Battle of Al- #Raqqah. #SDF #ISIS #Syria 

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#SAA is rapidly gaining ground in east #Aleppo and liberated sev. villages from #ISIS today. New map will be published soon.

Peto will make another map of Eastern Aleppo after today pretty big progress,

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