Damascus to host talks with moderate opposition groups

DAMASCUS – 27 October 2017: Leaders of 11 armed groups of moderate opposition from the Eastern Kalamun region, in southwestern Syria’s Rif Dimashq governorate, have agreed to arrive in Damascus on Sunday to discuss truce with the government, TASS news agency reported.

The decision was made after talks with the Russian military from the Center of Reconciliation of the Warring Parties.

The reconciliation center will coordinate the talks and will act as a guarantor of security for all its parties.

The militants, who agreed to participate in the talks, control five major cities in the Eastern Kalamun region, home to about 200,000 people. The elders and civilians had convinced them to sit down at the negotiating table.