02:27As a symbolic gesture and as part of the amnesty process between the Syrian army and opposition fighters, the groups on Thursday began to their light and heavy weapons handover to the army in Tafas near Daraa.
Footage filmed on Thursday shows streets lined with rows and rows of automatic weapons, mostly AK-47s, alongside rocket launchers and dozens of light machine guns.
Army units have been deployed in the town of Tafas to maintain security. One army official called on armed groups "to reject the use of violence and this starts with handing over the weapons, as the return to the normal life starts with the cooperation with government institutions."
Russian Defense Ministry confirmed that Russian forces helped broker the deal aimed at lowering tensions in the region in the wake of recent clashes.
Syria: Armed groups to give up heavy weapons as part of peace process in Tafas
As a symbolic gesture and as part of the amnesty process between the Syrian army and opposition fighters, the groups on Thursday began to their light and heavy weapons handover to the army in Tafas near Daraa.
Footage filmed on Thursday shows streets lined with rows and rows of automatic weapons, mostly AK-47s, alongside rocket launchers and dozens of light machine guns.
Army units have been deployed in the town of Tafas to maintain security. One army official called on armed groups "to reject the use of violence and this starts with handing over the weapons, as the return to the normal life starts with the cooperation with government institutions."
Russian Defense Ministry confirmed that Russian forces helped broker the deal aimed at lowering tensions in the region in the wake of recent clashes.
As a symbolic gesture and as part of the amnesty process between the Syrian army and opposition fighters, the groups on Thursday began to their light and heavy weapons handover to the army in Tafas near Daraa.
Footage filmed on Thursday shows streets lined with rows and rows of automatic weapons, mostly AK-47s, alongside rocket launchers and dozens of light machine guns.
Army units have been deployed in the town of Tafas to maintain security. One army official called on armed groups "to reject the use of violence and this starts with handing over the weapons, as the return to the normal life starts with the cooperation with government institutions."
Russian Defense Ministry confirmed that Russian forces helped broker the deal aimed at lowering tensions in the region in the wake of recent clashes.