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Asharq Al-Awsat
Asharq Al-Awsat
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London - Ibrahim Hamadi

'Tri-Arrangements' for the Syrian North

A man walks with his bicycle at a damaged site in Douma, Eastern Ghouta, in Damascus, Syria March 30, 2018. REUTERS/Bassam Khabieh

Moscow insisted on the five-day period for Jaysh al-Islam to take a decisive position in Duma, north Ghouta, to achieve an infringement before the Iranian-Turkish-Russian summit next Wednesday.

In this way, the summit would be dedicated to settle the distribution maps in the north of Syria, and to test the presence of US existence and the international coalition in Manbij and west of Euphrates in addition to settling the tri-summit to move from the military actions to the political settlement in Syria.

Opposers and their families continue to be evacuated from the center and south of Ghouta.

The displacement of civilians towards Damascus also continues with a total number of 200,000 including 150,000 civilians.

On the other side, Jaysh al-Islam rejected to withdraw their arms, saying that the experience of the displaced in Ghouta has reinforced the leadership's standpoint represented in the rejection to withdraw the weaponry.

Jaysh al-Islam requested 10-day period with the continuity of cease-fire, however the Russian party insisted on five days only so that the issue of Ghouta would be tackled before the summit of the presidents.

The issue of the south is postponed due to the Russian-US-Jordanian arrangements.

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