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Homs: 17 civilians killed, wounded in regime ambush
Syrian regime forces late on Monday killed 14 civilians in the northern countryside of Homs as they were fleeing the embattled rebel-held area to Idlib province. Three people of the group were escaped the regime ambush near Tal Omari village north of Homs on the main road of al-Salamiyeh town.Meanwhile, activists said Russia has conducted more than 300 raids on rebel-held Hama and Homs provinces in ten days. Regime warplanes threw leaflet urging rebels to surrender before being exterminated. Also in Homs, the fate of 7350 detainees from the besieged al-Waer neighborhood is still unknown as the Syrian regime refuses to release them in binding to a U.N.-brokered deal reached last December. The neighborhood's negotiations committee said regime is trying escape their demand and no release expected in the foreseeable future, source told Zaman al-Wasl. Few days ago people of al-Waer went to street demanding their relative freedom. Regime said their fate will be known in 15 days in new procrastination round, according to the source. On December 10, 300 fighters together with 400 members of their families, left al-Waer, the last rebel-held area of Homs as part of a rare local ceasefire deal negotiated between the opposition and the government. The fighters and their families were being moved to rebel-held areas of the northwest near the Turkish border. Posted by: Steve White 2016-02-11 |
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