Syria’s 'Al-Ghad' in Cairo to discuss Egypt-sponsored mediation

CAIRO – 5 August 2017: Syria’s “Al-Ghad” (Tomorrow) opposition movement, chaired by Ahmed Jarba, will hold a press conference in Cairo on Saturday to discuss the current developments in Syria, following the Egypt-Russia brokered cease-fire affecting some cities in Northern Syria.

Jarba has consistently thanked President Abdel Fatah al-Sisi, and the Egyptian government for its mediation and efforts hosting the negotiations and the agreement signing.

Egypt and Russia has brokered two ceasefire agreements between Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s forces and armed opposition fighters in certain areas in northern Syria.

On July 23, first cease-fire was announced in in Ghouta region in Damascus, while the second de-escalation deal was announced in zone in the northern Homs countryside on August 3.

Syria's Tomorrow opposition movement was founded in March 2016 by Syrian National Council member, Ahmad Jarba. Recently, Syria's Tomorrow opposition movement signed a cease-fire agreement in eastern Ghouta with the Syrian regime
The Syrian political situation has been deteriorating since the protests that emerged with the Arab Spring revolutions in 2011, as the opposition created the ‘Free Syrian Army’ to face Assad’s forces. The situation worsened when the Islamic State terrorist group interfered in the country in 2014.

About 470,000 people had killed since the beginning of the war as of February 2016, according latest data from the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. 1.6 million Syrian have been domestically displaced, while the number of refugees reached 4.8 million people, the data added.