Militants To Surrender Wadi Barada Area To Government Forces According To Signed Ceasefire Agreement

View from one outpost overlooking Dair Qanoon in Wadi Barada

The Syrian government and militant groups operating in the Wadi Barada area have reached a reconciliation agreement. The agreement was brokered by a delegation of Russian officers that had arrived the area.

According to the agreement:

• Militant groups have to hand over light, medium and heavy weapons to the Syrian army;
• All foreign militants have to withdraw from Wadi Barada. The can move to Idlib with light weapons;
• Local members of militant groups can stay in Wadi Barada or move to Idlib;
• Local members of militant groups that choose to stay in Wadi Barada will be pardoned by the government;
• The Syrian army will enter villages in the Wadi Barada area and will set up checkpoints there.

Last night the Syrian army and the National Defense Forces (NDF) made a major advance in Wadi Barada capturing Dahret al-Nhaylah which overlooks Kafr al-Awamid. This and participation of the Russian military delegation in the negotiations were key facts that pushed the so-called “opposition” to accept the terms of the agreement.

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The military situation in the area prior to the recent government advance:

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