Reconciliation Plan Joined by Over 1,000 Syrian Regions

November 29, 2016 - 5:54 [local time]
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TEHRAN (FNA)- The Russian Reconciliation Center for Syria announced that many more towns and regions have joined Syria's Reconciliation Plan over the past 24 hours, pushing the overall number of those towns and regions that have endorsed the peace agreement to exceed 1,000.

The Russian Peace Coordination Center in Syria announced on Tuesday that militants in 17 more towns have laid down arms and signed peace agreement with Damascus in last 24 hours.

"The total number of the towns and regions joining the national reconciliation plan in Syria now stands at 1,003," the Russian Center said.

The Russian Center in Syria announced on Sunday that militants in eight more towns in the two provinces of Damascus and Lattakia had laid down arms and signed peace agreement with Damascus.

A day earlier the Russian Center had also announced that "militants in a town in Damascus province and another town in Lattakia province inked peace agreement with Syrian government from Friday to Saturday".

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