The Syrian Observatory For Human Rights

The regime’s military mobilization speeds up the release of the remaining abductees of al-Suwaidaa held by ISIS

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights obtained information from several reliable sources who confirmed to the Syrian Observatory that the “Islamic State” organization released the remaining abductees of al-Suwaidaa, who have been kidnapped since the 25th of July 2018, were the organization abducted them and transported them after a violent attack considered the most violent by the organization on al-Suwaidaa Province, and the sources confirmed to the Syrian Observatory that the process of releasing the abductees and handing them over to the regime took place in the eastern desert of al-Sukhnah in Homs province, in exchange for releasing the imprisoned women by regime’s authorities; whose names were given by the organization in lists, they are family members of leaders in the Organization and close to it, but it is not known who much was paid to the Organization in exchange for the release process, which was accelerated after the mobilizations of the regime forces in Tlul al-Safa area on the administrative border between the provinces of al-Suwaidaa and Rif Dimashq.

The Syrian Observatory published on Thursday, the 8th of November 2018 that the regime forces and their allies of Syrian and non-Syrian nationalities continue their attacks on the “Islamic State” Organization in Rif Dimashq, which is located at the administrative border with al-Suwaidaa, where the violent clashes between both parties continue within Tlul al-Safa area, in continuous attempts by the regime forces to control more areas and to force the Organization to surrender, and the clashes are accompanied by rocket shelling, in addition to aerial bombardment carried out occasionally by warplanes targeting sites and points of the Organization in the area, also the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitored new reinforcements of military forces brought by the regime forces during the past 24 hours, including tens of fighters and vehicles, and the process of controlling Tlul al-Safa area turned from a control battle to attrition war for the regime forces and their allies, where the regime forces were not able to control of rugged terrain area, and started losing more members, and although they have been bringing in successive batches of reinforcements, they have not been able to control the area, at the same time, they were not able to release the entire abductees.

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights published in the early hours of the morning of Saturday the 20th of October 2018, that the Syrian Observatory for Human Right learned from several reliable sources that 6 abductees have been released from the northeastern countryside of Al-Suwaidaa, who have been held by the “Islamic State” Organization since the 25th of July 2018, and in the details obtained by the Syrian Observatory: the organization released the first batch of the 27 abductees held by it, who are 18 children and 9 citizen women, where ISIS released Mrs. Rasmiyyeh Abu Ammar and Mrs. Abeer Shaghleen with her 4 children: Mulham Jbaai, Amwaj Jbaai, Gaida Jbaai, and Yarob Jbaai. This comes within first steps for implementing the entire deal, which includes the delivery of $27 million USD plus more than 60 detained at regime’s prisons demanded by the Organization; along with females detained by the Syria Democratic Forces, and SOHR received information that the first part of the deal was carried out in conjunction with the delivery of detained females by the regime to the organization as a gesture of goodwill of both parties, and it is expected within the next few hours or days that all of al-Suwaidaa abductees will be released, in exchange for the delivery of the agreed amount of money and the handover of detainees.

All of this coincides with calm in Tlul al-Safa area where the “Islamic State” Organization is located, where the calm process was conducted under a Russian supervision, and the Syrian Observatory published hours ago that Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitored that the regime forces have brought great reinforcements to their positions and posts in the area of Tlul Al-Safa which is located in Rif Dimashq Desert at the administrative border with Al-Suwaidaa countryside, and these reinforcements come as a pressure over the “Islamic State” organization to accelerate the process of releasing the abductees it holds, of the people of Al-Suwaidaa.