VIDEO: Near Damascus Tawani Joins Syria Ceasefire, Vows to Fight ISIS, Nusra

Tue Jun 7, 2016 13:28:42

Syria's settlement of Tawani, located some 10 miles to the north of Damascus, on Tuesday joined ceasefire regime and pledged to fight against ISIS and the al-Nusra Front terrorist groups, a spokesman for the Russian center for the Syria reconciliation said.

Syria has been mired in civil war since 2011, with government forces loyal to Syrian President Bashar Assad fighting numerous opposition factions and extremist groups.

"Today, as a result of long, difficult negotiations we succeeded to join one more settlement to the ceasefire regime… We have made an additional agreement that would make them to fight along with government forces along the ISIS and al-Nusra Front," Col. Yury Zraev told reporters.

He added that the reconciliation process had already covered the whole region of Qalamoun, where Tawani was situated, Sputnik reported.

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