Syria rebels to free 1,500 families for food,prisoners: Report
DAMASCUS, May 12, 2014 (AFP) - Syrian rebels have agreed to free 1,500 families in exchange for food and the release of jailed opponents of President Bashar al-Assad, a newspaper close to his regime said Monday.
The reported agreement involves the release of fami- lies held by rebels in Adra, a flashpoint town northeast of Damascus currently under siege by government troops.
Under the deal, food supplies would be allowed into Adra, and an unspecified number of people held in regime jails would be set free, in exchange for the release
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of the 1,500 families held in the town, said Al-Watan.