Settlement process in Syria’s Daraa countryside runs
DARAA, Syria (North Press) – On Friday, the government security forces reopened a settlement center in the town of al-Jiza in the eastern countryside of Daraa, southern Syria, after it was closed last week.
It was reported that the government’s security forces demanded town’s residents to pay two million Syrian pounds (about $580) for each light weapon lost.
Lat week, the forces collected 53 pieces of light weapons, and 500 million Syrian pounds instead of the lost ones that were required to be delivered.
On the other hand, the government forces withdrew a number of military checkpoints in Daraa al-Balad area and the eastern countryside of Daraa.
The withdrawal came after the agreement concluded between the notables of Daraa governorate and the Security Committee of the government forces under the auspices of Russia on September 5.
These steps come as a continuation of the agreement held in early September between the Central Committee and the government forces brokered by Russia.
On September 5, a number of Daraa’s notables and government forces, in the presence of a number of Russian officers, reached a ceasefire agreement, including handing over weapons and deploying governmental security points in the towns of Daraa governorate.
Daraa was subjected to a suffocating siege imposed by Iranian-backed factions and the government forces for more than two months. Finally, an agreement was reached between the parties to the conflict brokered by Russia on a ceasefire and the entry of government forces into the besieged neighborhoods.