The Syrian government has given some militants an opportunity to return to a normal life, grants amnesty to them.
"The
reconciliation center and the Syrian authorities agreed to withdraw the
members of illegal armed groups from the northern part of Aleppo,
ensure their safe passage and further amnesty," Soslan Tseboyev, the
center's representative told reporters, adding that a total of 198
militants had surrendered.
Tseboyev noted that the militants had
left the territory which is not controlled by the Syrian government via a
security checkpoint. The Syrian security forces performed body
searches, while the Russian side ensured the security of the area. All
the militants were unarmed, and many of them were wounded, he added.
Abdullah
Hussein, a representative of the Aleppo provincial administration, has
confirmed that many of the surrendered militants will be granted
amnesty.
"The law on amnesty was adopted on the initiative of our
President Bashar Assad. This is a very just decision, because more
often people just find themselves in the wrong place at the wrong time,
while they did not have any intention of fighting against their country.
Thus, in our province alone, more than 1,500 people have returned to a
normal life," he said.
Syrian President Bashar Assad in July 2016
issued a decree providing amnesty to militants ready to lay down their
arms and return to a normal life after a devastating six years of war in
the country.