• Country/entity

  Syria
  

• Region

  Middle East and North Africa
  

• Agreement name

  Houran Ceasefire

• Date

  23 Dec 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

  Inter-group

• Peace process

  Syrian Local Agreements

• Parties

  House of Justice in Houran

• Third parties

  al-Muthanna Islamic Movement

• Description

  Four point-agreement providing for a ceasefire between armed factions in Houran, southern Syria.

• Agreement document

  SY_141223_HouranCeasefire_EN.pdf | Download PDF

• Agreement document (original language)

  SY_141223_HouranCeasefire_AR.pdf | Download PDF

Local agreement properties

• Process type

  Isolated example
  

• Rationale

  The dispute was settled by a pre-established and structured judicial body (house of justice in Houran). According to source, the dispute was mediated by an independant Islamist faction. Yet, this is an isolated example of local peace process between the two belligerents (Jabhat al Nusra and Liwa Shuhada al-Yarmouk).

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

  No

• Link to national process: articulated rationale

  No link to the national peace process in Syria is mentioned in the agreement, neither it can be inferred from further research. The two disputing factions are Salafist groups opposed to the Syrian regime of Bashar al-Assad and reject the national peace process that would maintain the Syrian president in power.

• Name of Locale

  Houran

• Nature Of Locale

  Region

• GPS Lat/Long (DD)

  32.823701, 35.931560

• Participant type

  Other
  

• Mediator, facilitator or similar

  Mediator or similar referred to

  Mediator (references)

  Page 1, This is the best and fairest resolution) and after the conflicting parties in the Yarmouk river region approved the initiative presented by the al-Muthanna Islamic Movement

  Type of mediator/facilitator/similar

  Local armed group

Local issues

House of Justice in Houran

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In the Name of Allah, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful

Praise be to God and prayers and peace be upon Messenger of God, and after:

According to the words of the Almighty:

(O believers!

Obey Allah and obey the Messenger and those in authority among you.

Should you disagree on anything, then refer it to Allah and His Messenger, if you ˹truly˺ believe in Allah and the Last Day.

This is the best and fairest resolution) and after the conflicting parties in the Yarmouk river region approved the initiative presented by the al-Muthanna Islamic Movement,

The factions operating in Houran adopt this initiative and pledge to implement it.

The House of Justice court decided the following:

First:

The conflicting factions are required to immediately cease the fire.

Second:

It requires all the conflicting factions to return to the points of guarding [defending] with the criminal regime and remove all the barriers that have occurred.

Third:

The House of Justice takes over all the checkpoints in the Yarmouk river to ensure the implementation of the House of Justice’s decision.

Fourth:

The implementation of this decision shall start from its date, and in the event that one of the parties does not abide by this decision, it will be considered an offender, and all factions are committed to oblige it to this decision.

God is the Arbiter of Success

Written in 23/12/2014

House of Justice in Houran

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