By IANS,
Damascus : The Syrian interior ministry Friday called on those who carried, sold or distributed weapons but hadn’t committed homicide to turn themselves in within a week to receive amnesty, the state TV reported.
The interior ministry pledged to release those who turn themselves in during Nov 5 and 12, Xinhua reported.
In a statement carried by the state TV, the ministry said “this will be considered as an amnesty to those who surrender themselves and hand over their weapons”.
The statement came as fresh protests broke out in several Syrian cities to test the government commitment after pledging to withdraw its forces from protest centres under a peace plan initiated by the Arab League to end months of bloodshed.
Syria says weapons have been smuggled into the country via neighbouring countries and reached the hands of those groups.
Syria has overtly charged that some countries are behind the unrest in the country and even fund what it called armed terrorist groups it blames for killing hundreds of policemen and military personnel across the country since the start of violence in mid-March.