29 Mar 2024
Thursday 28 July 2016 - 17:22
Story Code : 224837

Syrian President offers amnesty to militants who lay down weapons

TEHRAN (FNA)- Syrian President Bashar Assad offered an amnesty to militants who turn in their weapons insisting that the amnesty has been virtually in effect in Syria since day one of the terrorist war against the country.

Answering a question by the Greek ITV channel about whether he intends to issue a general amnesty if he wins the current war, President Assad said: It is not about my victoryThe most important thing is the victory of the Syrian people because it is a war waged against the Syrian people, SANA reported.

Speaking about amnesty, it is virtually in effect because since the start of terrorist acts in Syria, we have offered this as an option for terrorists, he added.

If they want to return to normal life and lay down arms they will get amnestyWe have been doing this for three years I thinkLet alone the countrys win in the war, amnesty is in effect now and is, as I see it, a good option to help those people who took up arms for different reasons to return to normal life..to the political life in case they have their own agenda..to go to political institutionsto head to the pollsto go for any kind of political measures available in any country, he added.

The General Command of the Army and Armed Forces has been sending text messages calling on the militants in the Eastern part of Aleppo city to lay down arms and seek a settlement of their legal status, and urging citizens to join national reconciliations and expel foreign militants from their localities.

Many gunmen have benefitted from several amnesty decrees issued by President Assad since the start of the terrorist war against Syria.

By Fars News Agency
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