Syria’s armed opposition guarantees safety to previously conscripted military servicemen

The Syrian armed opposition has announced a ‘general amnesty’ granting guarantees of providing safety to all Syrian military servicemen conscripted under the rule of the previous administration, the Military Operations Command Center announced in a statement, reported from TASS.

"Their lives are safe and no one may assault them," the center said in a statement posted on its Telegram channel.

According to Al Jazeera, "the opposition fighters who overthrew Assad have announced a general amnesty for all military personnel conscripted into service under the former ruler."

On November 27, Syria’s armed opposition units launched a large-scale offensive on the positions of government forces in the provinces of Aleppo and Idlib. By the evening of December 7, President Bashar Assad’s opponents had seized several large cities, including Aleppo, Hama, Deir ez-Zor, Daraa, and Homs.

On December 8, they entered the Syrian capital, Damascus, while the army withdrew from the city. According to the Russian Foreign Ministry’s statement, Syrian President Bashar Assad stepped down and left the country, issuing instructions to ensure a peaceful transition of power. A Kremlin source said later that Assad and his family members had arrived in Moscow as Russia had provided them with asylum based on humanitarian grounds.


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