A negotiated settlement has been reached between the Syrian government and rebels in the al-Waer District of the city of Homs, which will see rebel evacuations, potentially beginning as soon as Saturday, with evacuations expecting to last as long as 6-8 weeks.
Deals to evacuate rebels from surrounded districts have become increasingly common in the civil war, and the increase in Syrian airstrikes against the neighborhood in recent weeks likely was the final straw to convince the rebels to ditch this particular district.
According to those familiar with the deal, the evacuees will be sent to the northern part of Idlib Province and the town of Tel Abyad along the Turkish border. There has been a lot of fighting in the southern part of Idlib recently, but the north has been somewhat calmer.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights loudly criticized the deal, saying they believe the aim is to displace the civilian population of al-Waer as well as the rebel fighters. Estimates say as many as 12,000 civilians may evacuate with the fighters.
why would local citizens want to evacuate with the rebels . Why would not local rebels just surrender and stay home .
Its better to get rid of them and purge Syrians main cities of the Wahabbi infection. As terrible as this war is, it does provide an opportunity to resolve the latent problem of fundamentalist Islamist factions that have long festered beneath the surface in secular Syria.
Good news. Gather the goat-rapers in one place (Idlib) until the time is right to deliver a crushing blow and smash the foreign-backed Wahabbi scum.
“The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights loudly criticized the deal” – it is a fake organization out of London that is only referenced for propaganda motives.
Syrian observatory! All that is happening is the split between Al-Qaeda associated fighters and locals. Locals are going nowhere, they just sign a reconciliation agreement that grants them amnesty, and also humanitarian aid, agreement on running local government and police. This means jobs and return to normal life. Al-Nusra fighters do not have local ties, andvthis is why they want to stay in the area where other fighters are. As for civilians — all fighters always have families with them. Just as those leavig Aleppo did. These are civilians, but they are not forced to leave — fighters are theirvfamilies. Al-Nusra infiltrated many local strongmen communities — but with their fortunes dwindling, locals have been trying to get separated from them. But Al-Nusra are fanatical, and usually prolong the figh . There has been over 500 such agreements signed, allowing locals to disentangle from Al-Nysra. But leave it up to the British funded Observatory to twist the truth, and continue shedding crocodile tears every time Al-Nusra pocket gets shut down, and fighters and their civilian families leave the area. If they are local fighters they would not go. Unless they committed crimes, or some locals may seek revenge. Those are the only reason people with local ties leave.