Syrian President Bashar Assad offers amnesty to rebels

A Presidential decree says that those who might set free their captives will be exempted from punishment if they turn themselves in within a month.

July 28, 2016 02:18 pm | Updated November 17, 2021 02:35 am IST - BEIRUT

Syria’s President Bashar Assad has offered an amnesty to rebels who lay down their arms and surrender to authorities over the next three months.

The amnesty offer was issued through a decree on Thursday and urged that all detainees be freed. It says that those who might set free their captives will be exempted from punishment if they turn themselves in within a month. It was reported by state-run news agency SANA.

The offer coincides with a government offensive that has succeeded in completely encircling rebels in the eastern part of the city of Aleppo.

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