Government continues 5th reconciliation process in Syria’s Daraa
DARAA, Syria (North Press) – The fifth process of the Syrian government forces reconciliation in Daraa Governorate, southern Syria, reached on Tuesday to the city of al-Sanamayn in the northern countryside of the governorate.
A local source told North Press that mayors of al-Sanamayn informed those, who wanted to have their status settled, to head to settlement centers in the city.
The source added that the government forces took the headquarters of the 9th Division of the government forces in the city as a settlement center.
Dignitaries in the village of Qiytah in Daraa northern countryside informed people, wanted for the government forces, to head to the settlement center in al-Sanamayn, according to the source.
Head of the municipality in the town of Mhajjah, in the northern countryside of Daraa, also informed people, whose name were enrolled in the names’ list for settlement and those wanted for the government, to head to al-Sanamayn to have their status settled.
Al-Sanamayn settlement center is the sixth to be established in the wake of the fifth settlement process the government has started since mid-May.
On May 16, government forces initiated the fifth settlement in a town in the eastern countryside of Daraa.
Yesterday, the government forces opened a new reconciliation center to settle the status of wanted individuals for government security branches in the town of Nasib, on the border with Jordan.
In July 2018, opposition factions and Syrian government forces reached an agreement, mediated by Russia, regarding the opposition-held areas of Daraa.
According to the deal, opposition militants who agreed to hand over heavy weapons, were handed special cards to protect them from prosecution, and allowed them to stay in Daraa. Those opposed to the agreement were forced to leave for Idlib, which is under the control of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS – formerly al-Nusra Front).