“We will take back Syria from the terrorists”. A few hours after the truce came into effect, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad is back in public. To do this, he chooses a mosque in Daraya, at the gates of Damascus, taken from the rebels after a year of siege. "The Syrian state - he assured - is determined to recover every area from the terrorists, the Armed Forces are continuing their work, relentlessly and without hesitation, regardless of internal or external circumstances. After five years, some still haven't woken up from their fantasies. Some have bet on the promises of foreign powers that will result in nothing”.
Hope for peace in Syria began at dusk on Monday, when the ceasefire between the military factions agreed by Washington and Moscow was triggered. The announcement of the truce received a silo official reaction from the Islamist Ahrar al-Sham on the side of the rebel groups, who rejected it, but in the last few hours the Syrian regime itself has not scrupled to bomb various areas of Aleppo and cause the death of 6 civilians. There had been more bombings on Saturday, and 62 dead in Idlib alone.
Bashar al Assad had announced in recent days that he had approved the agreement reached between the United States and Russia, and on Sunday the go-ahead came from Iran, provided that the interruption of hostilities "is not exploited by terrorists". The ceasefire will allow for the arrival of aid, as a first step towards a political transition also through a military collaboration on the ground between Russia and the United States. The agreement is a turning point after five years of civil war.
