• Country/entity

  Syria
  

• Region

  Middle East and North Africa
  

• Agreement name

  Damascus Truce I between Bayt Sahem and Babila

• Date

  17 Feb 2014

• Agreement status

  Multiparty signed/agreed

• Interim arrangement

  Yes

• Agreement/conflict level

  Intrastate/local conflict ( Syrian Conflicts (1948 - ) (1976 - 2005) (2011 - ) )

• Stage

  Ceasefire/related

• Conflict nature

  Government

• Peace process

  Intra-Syrian Process (state/non-state)

• Parties

  Leaders of Bayt Sahem and Babila (Syrian Opposition);
  Syrian Government;

• Third parties

  -

• Description

  Short ceasefire negotiated between the Syrian Government and the leaders of Bayt Sahem and Babila in the Damascus Countryside. Provides guarantees of Syrian Army to not enter the towns, re-supply water and electricity, open roads, and allow fighters that wish to surrender to do so, in addition to surrendering heavy weaponry.

• Agreement document

  SY_140115_Truce Agreement in Bayt Sahem and Babila_EN.pdf | Download PDF

• Agreement document (original language)

  SY_140115_Truce Agreement in Bayt Sahem and Babila_AR.pdf | Download PDF

Local agreement properties

• Process type

  Informal but persistent process
  

• Rationale

  -> no support mechanism, link to the national peace process, culture of signing No formal mechanism supported the signing of the agreement, which was negotiated by public figures. It is part of a choreography of local agreements signed at that time in the countryside of Aleppo. Indeed, in addition to Babbila and Beit Sahem, similar deals have been struck for Qudsaya, Moadamiyet al-Sham, Barzeh, Yalda and Yarmuk Palestinian refugee camp

• Is there a documented link to a national peace process?

  Yes

• Link to national process: articulated rationale

  The agreement seems to be linked to the national peace process. The agreement involves national and local governance actor.

• Name of Locale

  Bayt Sahem, Babila

• Nature Of Locale

  Region

• GPS Lat/Long (DD)

  33.471507, 36.339126

• Participant type

  Central state actor
  Domestic religious organisation/leader or other elder
  

• Mediator, facilitator or similar

  Mediator or similar referred to

  Mediator (references)

  The agreement was negotiated by public figures (unnamed).

  Type of mediator/facilitator/similar

  Local community/civilian group(s)/civil society organisations

Local issues

Truce Agreement in the towns of Bayt Sahem and Babila

15/01/2014

Handover of heavy weaponry in the possession of fighters.

The option for fighters to either stay within the two regions [of Bayt Sahem and Babila] or if they wish, to settle in the [Syrian] state and if part of the military, re-join it.

Place a barrier at the entrance to the town of Babila consisting of fighters who will surrender themselves to the Syrian Army [and the town to] the command of the Syrian Army.

The Syrian Army has not entered Bayt Sahem or Babila and militants maintain their positions within the two towns under the command of the Syrian Army.

Re-supply the towns with water and electricity and re-construct public and private property.

[Undertake] a mutual ceasefire.

Open the roads leading to the two areas and introduce various types of assistance to civilians.