Syrian Militants in Hama Join Ceasefire: Russian Military
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – A militant group in control of the Syrian village Samrah has laid down arms and signed up to a truce with the Syrian government, the Russian center for Syrian reconciliation said Wednesday.
"A lot of work was done to make this happen. The elders in the Samrah village and members of the Syrian government signed a truce there," Russia’s Col. Sergei Ivanov, of the Hmeimim-based reconciliation center, told reporters.
The Russia-mediated ceasefire deal was also inked by the governor of the Hama province and its security chief, who urged villagers to return to their peaceful ways, Sputnik News reported.
A broader ceasefire has been in place in parts of Syria since late February. A new truce was hammered out on April 29 for Damascus and the northern Latakia province and extended to the northern Aleppo province in May.
