As part of its investigation on how the US TOW missiles entered the capital Damascus, the regime arrests 25 of the Republican Guard officers and the 4th Division after “confessions” of a former leader
Damascus Province, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights: the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights learned from reliable sources that the intelligence and security services of the Syrian regime have arrested and summoned more than 25 officers of its army and intelligence branches, as part of the continuation of the security campaign in la-Barzeh neighborhood in Damascus, and in the details obtained by the Syrian Observatory: these arrests and summonses of officers of the 4th Division, the Republican Guards, the Air Force intelligence, and other security branches, and the Syrian Observatory was informed by reliable sources that some of the arrested officers were summoned from other provinces and towns in Rif Dimashq, while the rest were summoned and arrested through air intelligence and the Military Security in the capital Damascus, while the arrest followed the confessions of the former leader of the 1st Brigade, Sameer al-Shahroor, the head of National Reconciliation in Barzeh neighborhood, who was arrested in November 2018, and he confessed that he had been in contact with officers of the regime’s army during the presence of opposition factions in Barzeh area before the agreement that led to the control of the regime forces over the neighborhood, and the displacement of the factions to the Syrian north, and the stay of those who wanted to stay and carry out “reconciliation and settlements”.
Trusted sources reported to the Syrian Observatory that the Syrian regime’s authorities through tens of arrests they carried out in January 2018, against their officers and former fighters and commanders of factions who carried out “reconciliations and settlements;” the aim of which was to find out how the US TOW missiles have entered to Rahman Corps faction, before the presence of the faction in the Eastern Ghouta and south of Damascus, where these TOW missiles contributed significantly to repel the attempts of advancement of the regime forces in areas of Jobar and Ein Tarma specifically and left many of them dead, the sources added to the Syrian Observatory that Rahman Corps used a large part of these missiles and destroyed the other part, along with other weapons and ammunition in Zamalka town, just before exiting towards the Syrian north following after the “displacement agreement” back then.
The Syrian Observatory published on the 22nd of November 2018 that the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights learned from reliable sources that the Air Force Intelligence branch of the regime forces issued circulars to arrest all people who carried out “settlement and reconciliation” operations with the regime forces in Barzeh area, which is located on the eastern outskirts of the capital Damascus, especially the leaders and members of the 1st Brigade, for what they called “fighting the corruption system”, where the Air Force intelligence carried out a campaign of raids and arrests this morning, targeted houses of people close to leaders of the 1st Brigade in the neighborhood of Barzeh, and houses of 2 former leaders of the 1st Brigade who are working for the Iranian Forces, where they fled, where members and leaders who carried out “settlement” and “reconciliation” are fleeing from Barzeh neighbourhood, under a continuous security campaign by the Air Force Intelligence branch in the neighborhood.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights published on the 21st of November 2018 that Syrian Observatory for Human Rights obtained information from several reliable sources, who confirmed that the Air Force intelligence in Barzeh neighborhood at Damascus summoned Abu al-Tayyib, the former commander of the 1st Brigade, which used to belong to the Southern Front and operates in Barzeh area, before the regime forces controlled the area, the regime also called the leaders known as ((Abu Mahjoub, Moro, and Abu Fouad al-Habashi), where they were summoned to the Air Intelligence headquarters in Barzeh in the eastern section of the capital Damascus, and then they were transferred to Harasta branch to investigate them in previous cases, although they all carried out “settlement and reconciliation with the regime” during the previous months. This arrest comes as a part of the arrests made against those who previously made settlements with the regime, and the sources also confirmed that other leaders are hiding despite being summoned by the regime to come for investigation.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights published on the 2nd of March 2017, that a fighting Brigade active in neighborhood barzeh, Damascus, spoiled an operation headed into the capital of Damascus, the Syrian Observatory reported details, Neighborhood located in Eastern Damascus., witnessed tension by the brigade’s fighters, in conjunction with the alert system forces barriers surrounding neighbourhood, on a background of Brigade fighters section regime barriers, having moved to the Islamic factions, notably the Tahrir al-Sham, Fateh al-Sham and al-Islam army, to carry out military action, taken from its starting point, where Barzeh will these factions fighters who were already preparing them for this process, moving from a neighborhood barzeh, circumvent the barriers surrounding the bbersh and stationed them elements of the security forces and militants loyal to her, and then to attack in order to progress into the capital Damascus, sources confirmed to the Observatory, the military action of the factions were due to start this morning, with thousands of fighters into neighborhood barzeh, but the faction which made a settlement agreement with the regime since 2014 informed regime checkpoints about the operation.
Reliable sources confirmed to the Syrian Observatory for human rights that groups in the same faction in Barza agreed on the military operation against the regime, but one group did not agree and informed the regime checkpoints what spoiled the military operation, after 5000 rebels entered the area. the sources confirmed that this is the second time for the same faction to spoil military operation targets to take control on Dahya al-Assad.