thu 24 dec 2015, 16:50

‘IS way out of south Damascus

BEIRUT –

Family of fighters of the Islamic State (IS) and injured jihadists in the suburbs of the Syrian capital Damascus, according to a plan of the UN evacuated. They get a licence and will of the southern districts of Yarmouk and al-Hajar al-Aswad at Raqqa. This is reported by observers of a Syrian human rights organization Thursday.

Photo: Reuters

Raqqa, about 375 kilometers northeast of Damascus, is the headquarters of the sunni extremists of IS. That in the chaos of the civil war, a stronghold in the south of the capital reserve, just 3 km from the regeringscentra of the regime of president Bashar al-Assad.

The departure of the jihadistenfamilie and wounded during a truce would mean that it IS soon completely out of Damascus will disappear, according to observers. The Syrian minister of Reconciliation, Ali Haidar, confirmed Thursday that there to the departure of the jihadists from Yarmouk are being worked on. Recently were rebels and their families, after mediation from the city of Homs retreat. The UN hope eventually a cease-fire can be controlled.