Around 200 prisoners, who have not been involved in homicide, were released by the Syrian regime.
A group of United Nations observers also supervised the move, which came just one day after the government released 500 detainees, Press TV reported.
Releasing detainees is also a main demand by opposition and one of the key terms in the six-point peace plan brokered by UN- Arab League special envoy Kofi Annan.
Since mid-March 2011, Syria has been experiencing a deadly unrest that has claimed the lives of many people, including large numbers of security forces.
While the West and the Syrian opposition say the government is responsible for the killings, Damascus blames ”outlaws, saboteurs and armed terrorist groups” for the unrest, insisting that it is being orchestrated from abroad.
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