The Central Negotiations Committee in the city of Daraa held a meeting with senior officials from the Syrian regime and the National Security Office in Damascus a few days ago.
The meeting took place at the request of Russia and in fulfillment of the promises made by regime officials to the committee and areas where demonstrations were carried out recently.
The meeting was attended by Head of the General Security Directorate Ali Mamlouk, Defense Minister Major Gen. Ali Ayoub, Head of the Information Branch at the military Intelligence Major-General Kifah al-Milhem, in addition to a number of officers in the regime's army, according to sources.
While members of the delegation in Daraa included a number of former leaders from opposition factions, including Abu Munther al-Dahni, a former leader in the city of Daraa al-Balad, Abu Murshid al-Bardan, a former leader in the “Army of the Revolution,” a representative of the settlement factions Tafas town, located north of Daraa, Lawyer Adnan al-Musalima from Daraa al-Balad, Eng. Yarub Abu Suaifan from al-Shajara town and other representatives for Jasim and Nawa areas, located in Daraa’s western countryside.
Notably, the negotiating delegation from Daraa represents areas where anti-regime demonstrations have recently taken place.
The meeting focused on the delegation’s request to implement the articles of the full settlement agreement reached with the Russian side during the negotiations in the southern region.
Among these articles are expelling Iranian militias from south Syria, preventing it from having influence in the region, stopping arbitrary and individual arrests of civilians or people who have signed the settlement agreement, removing massive barricades from towns and cities included in the agreement and ending the presence of all military manifestations; such as military headquarters and barriers in markets and populated areas, according to meeting sources.
The delegation also discussed the detainees’ issue, the fate of those missing in prisons and civilians arrested by the regime forces after entering the area following the settlement agreement.
Its members also requested withdrawing lawsuits against people who were part of the settlement agreement, returning university students, employees, doctors, engineers and lawyers to their unions and workplaces without complications and addressing the issue of postponing military service for university students.
Sources explained that regime officials who attended the talks stressed their willingness to address all these problems, starting with the detainees’ issues.
They will start with releasing detainees after the settlement agreement and providing information about those missing, sources said.
