Russia's Hemeimim base in coastal Latakia city indicated on its Facebook page the possibility of a new agreement (ease of tension) in Eastern Ghouta in Damascus countryside.
According to the base, the agreement aims to "stop the bloody battles between the conflicting parties in the eastern part of the capital Damascus in light of the increase in violence and measured by the current results."
It is expected that the agreement will include a time limit for factions in the region to "finalize their fate" without giving further details.
Sources close to Faylaq al-Sham, one of the most prominent formations of the Free Syrian Army (FSA), engaged in confrontations during the current period with regime forces, indicated that the Russians seek to achieve the desire of the regime to create a period of calm "truce agreement" for the Damascus International Fair to say things are under control and this cannot be possible amid fierce battles nearby.
This is the first time that the Damascus International Fair will be held since the revolution broke out in 2011.
The sources pointed out that the last period was an opportunity granted by the Russians to the regime to end the issue of Ein Terma and Gober neighborhood and this pushed the regime to involve the elite forces of the Fourth Army Division, but the resistance factions were able to respond and caused dozens of deaths in their ranks.
Regime forces especially the Fourth Division during the recent confrontations with the factions suffered heavy losses. Dozens of members of the division were killed on the fronts of Ein Terrma and Gober after they fell in ambushes carried out by the rebels in the same area, according to announcement made by Faylaq al-Rahman.
