Tens of Militants Receive Gov't Amnesty in Northeastern Syria

The sources said that a sum of 159 militants that handed over their weapons to the army men and signed the peace agreement with the government in Hasaka and its countryside received amnesty and returned to normal life within the framework of the nationwide reconciliation plan in Syria.

Also, 114 gunmen that had surrendered to the army and applied for amnesty in the town of Qamishli received pardon from Damascus and returned to normal life on Tuesday.

The Russian Reconciliation Center for Syria based in Humeimim reported on Sunday that militants in Arjoin in Homs province turned in to the army men and joined the peace agreement, adding, "The total number of regions, towns and villages that have thus far joined the nationwide reconciliation plan stands at 2,291."

The center added that talks under underway with the leader of militant groups in the provinces of Aleppo, Idlib, Damascus, Hama, Homs and Quneitra to surrender their forces to the army.