DAMASCUS, (ST)- President Bashar Al-Assad on Thursday issued Legislative Decree No. 15 for 2016 granting amnesty to all gunmen and deserters who handed themselves and their weapons over. Amnesty is also granted to kidnappers who release abductees safely and for free, according to the decree.
The decree said that all who carried weapons for whatever reasons and all deserters will be exempted from penalty if they turn themselves in and hand their weapons over to competent authorities within three months as from now.
All kidnappers who release abductees safely and for free will also be exempted from the penalty provided in decree No. 20 for 2013 within a month from now, according to the decree.
Hamda Mustafa