The Syrian Army is about to announce the liberation of Western Ghouta »

Affiliate – INA Local sources in Damascus reported that the announcement of the liberation of Western Ghouta from Al-Nusra militants and their removal from their last strongholds in the region, through an agreement that would take them towards Idlib, after the Syrian army advanced and imposed a siege on them, was imminent. The Syrian newspaper “Al-Watan” quoted informed sources as saying that the former Al-Nusra “Hay’at Tahrir Al-Sham”, in the southwestern Damascus countryside, submitted to the conditions of the Syrian army after it imposed a siege on it, and agreed to leave for Idlib within 48 hours, with the first batch leaving today. Of them, if the agreement is not violated by them again, while the conditions of those who wish to stay are settled. The Syrian army was able to achieve progress in the southwestern Damascus countryside, after violent clashes with the armed factions, and took control of new points in the hills and highlands governing the region and achieved progress in Mughr al-Mir, Tal Marwan, and Beit Jinn farm, which greatly tightened the noose on the Al-Nusra Front and the allied factions. With her in that area. Al-Watan newspaper indicated that the leaders of the terrorist groups fled to Mount Hermon, specifically to the Lebanese border and to Shebaa. The newspaper pointed out that the reconciliation committees began conducting negotiations with the remaining group leaders and Al-Nusra militants, who eventually relented and agreed to leave for Idlib with their families, and the entire villages of Jabal al-Sheikh would be handed over to the Syrian army. If that was done, the Al-Nusra file would be the case. The factions allied with it have finished in the Western Ghouta of Damascus. In turn, activists confirmed that negotiations are taking place in the southwestern Damascus countryside to reach an agreement regarding removing Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham from the southwestern Damascus countryside and transferring it to the Idlib Governorate in northern Syria, after weeks of violent clashes between the army and militants. At a time when the date of liberating Western Ghouta from Al-Nusra is approaching, ambiguity still surrounds the file of Eastern Ghouta, as opposition websites revealed a dispute regarding the exit of Hay’at Tahrir Al-Sham militants from Eastern Ghouta. The opposition websites explained that the ongoing dispute is between the same armed factions inside Eastern Ghouta, specifically between the “Army of Islam” and some of the leaders of “Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham”, including “Faylaq al-Rahman”, which refused to leave Ghouta without releasing its “prisoners” in the prisons of the “Army of Islam.” . Opposition media outlets reported that the current circumstances confirm the postponement of the agreement until after the “Astana-9” talks, scheduled to be held in mid-January. In addition, informed sources confirmed that a delegation from the former Nusra Front, Tahrir al-Sham, which was besieged in the Yarmouk camp, met with a delegation from the Syrian army, and an agreement was made that stipulated the exit of gunmen from the Yarmouk camp. Source: Agencies