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Bombings, recriminations in a series of towns tied by one ceasefire: ‘People are afraid the agreement will break down’
MAY. 11, 2016
AMMAN: Intense regime and rebel bombings killed and injured dozens of people on Tuesday in four Syrian towns whose fates have been tied since last September by a “very fragile” UN-brokered truce, leaving residents “afraid that it will break down.”
Rebel-held Zabadani and neighboring towns in Outer Damascus entered into a reciprocal agreement with the regime and its allies in September 2015 that stipulated a ceasefire, aid deliveries and evacuations in exchange for the same in regime-controlled al-Fuaa and Kafariya in Idlib province.
An airstrike in rebel-held Binnish on Tuesday. Image courtesy of Binnish LCC.
One of the terms of the ceasefire was also reportedly the stipulation of a truce in nearby towns in both Idlib and Outer Damascus provinces, including in rebel-held Binnish, immediately south of al-Fuaa and Kafariya. Victory Army rebels, including Ahrar a-Sham and Jabhat a-Nusra, are present in Binnish, which currently hosts thousands of internally displaced Syrians.
“Regime warplanes bombed Binnish three times over the past week,” Mahmoud Ali, an Idlib correspondent for pro-opposition Umayya Press told Syria Direct on Wednesday. Two airstrikes on Tuesday struck a public market and mosque and “killed around 19 people,” said Ali. Syria Direct could not independently confirm the source of the Binnish bombings, which Syrian state media has not reported.
“Regime planes have violated the agreement more than once, but not at this pace,” the journalist said. “The agreement is very fragile; people are afraid it will break down.”
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Bombings, recriminations in a series of towns tied by one ceasefire: ‘People are afraid the agreement will break down’?
Bombings, recriminations in a series of towns tied by one ceasefire: ‘People are afraid the agreement will break down’
MAY. 11, 2016
AMMAN: Intense regime and rebel bombings killed and injured dozens of people on Tuesday in four Syrian towns whose fates have been tied since last September by a “very fragile” UN-brokered truce, leaving residents “afraid that it will break down.”
Rebel-held Zabadani and neighboring towns in Outer Damascus entered into a reciprocal agreement with the regime and its allies in September 2015 that stipulated a ceasefire, aid deliveries and evacuations in exchange for the same in regime-controlled al-Fuaa and Kafariya in Idlib province.
An airstrike in rebel-held Binnish on Tuesday. Image courtesy of Binnish LCC.
One of the terms of the ceasefire was also reportedly the stipulation of a truce in nearby towns in both Idlib and Outer Damascus provinces, including in rebel-held Binnish, immediately south of al-Fuaa and Kafariya. Victory Army rebels, including Ahrar a-Sham and Jabhat a-Nusra, are present in Binnish, which currently hosts thousands of internally displaced Syrians.
“Regime warplanes bombed Binnish three times over the past week,” Mahmoud Ali, an Idlib correspondent for pro-opposition Umayya Press told Syria Direct on Wednesday. Two airstrikes on Tuesday struck a public market and mosque and “killed around 19 people,” said Ali. Syria Direct could not independently confirm the source of the Binnish bombings, which Syrian state media has not reported.
“Regime planes have violated the agreement more than once, but not at this pace,” the journalist said. “The agreement is very fragile; people are afraid it will break down.”
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Bombings, recriminations in a series of towns tied by one ceasefire: ‘People are afraid the agreement will break down’?
