The Syrian Observatory For Human Rights

A new meeting between local bodies and the Turkish forces demands the “Turkish guardianship” over Lattakia Mountains and providing services to the triangle linked to the west of Jisr Al-Shughur and Sahl Al-Ghab

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitored that a meeting was held between representatives of the administrative, political and religious bodies in the province of Lattakia, Sahl Al-Ghab and Jisr Al-Shughur, and between the Turkish forces, in one of the Turkish posts in Syria, where the meeting included demands presented by the representatives of these areas to the Turkish forces, with regard to “the demanding of Turkish protection through preventing the regime forces from shelling these areas, revealing the fate of these areas and the Turkish formal attitude in the case that the regime forces carry out their threat to attack the area, the demanding of the Turkish brothers’ help and contribution in reactivating the main services, in the areas which are located within areas under their protection such as Jisr Al-Shughur and the villages of its western countryside and Sahl Al-Ghab, especially the restoration of schools, dispensaries, hospitals, water and electricity institutions, roads between the villages and towns, and the telecommunication sector, which were subjected to substantial damage in the past years, and the demanding of joining the areas of Jabal Al-Akrad and Jabal Al-Turkman to the Turkish posts of protection such as the areas and townships of Rabiaa, Kinsabba and Salma, which will contribute in the return of the residents of these two areas (Jabal Al-Akrad and Jabal Al-Turkman) to their villages, and decreasing the number of displaced people in the displacement camps, which are spread near the Turkish border, where people suffer from tragic conditions in these camps.

And the sources informed the Syrian Observatory that the Turkish response during the meeting came as follows:

“There is no change in Turkey’s attitude about its responsibility to protect the areas that are under its supervision, within its task in Jisr Al-Shughur, its western countryside and Sahl Al-Ghab, and the shelling on Bdama Township and Al-Najiyeh and their vicinity has been stopped for 15 days, according to Turkish formal interference and formal request by the influencing parties in this matter, also the Turkish formal attitude about the Syrian regime President has never changed, while Turkey will work on preventing the regime forces from starting any battle in the western countryside of Idlib, and will not allow this to happen along with requesting the factions to be completely ready in the case that any changes that may take place, while a request will be submitted to Ankara for the services and the restoration of schools, as well as a request that will be submitted about the demanding of the return of Jabal Al-Akrad and Jabal Al-Turkman and putting them under the Turkish protection and the return of their residents to them.”

The Syrian Observatory monitored days ago, that “the council of Khan Shaykhun city, Umm Al-Khalakhil Gathering Council, Khafsin Council, Barsah Gathering Council, Seraa Council, Maar Shamshah Council, Jarjnaz Council, Al-Tah Council, Kafr Sajna Council, Maasaran Council, Farja Council, Maar Shamarin Council, Marshourin Council, Al-Deir Al-Sharqi Council, Halbeh Council”, and other councils operating in the countryside of Idlib province, signed a statement -of which the Syrian Observatory received a copy- says “as a result of the internal and external conspiracies that are being planed in our areas, we emphasize the following: we adhere the constants of our blessed revolution, we defend the sanctity of the blood of our martyrs, we absolutely refuse the entry of Al-Assad’s gang or the Russian occupier to our areas, each person in Al-Assad’s gang claims that he represents any village or town in the area, he only represents himself, we call the Turkish government to immediately interfere and apply the Turkish guardianship, and we pledge to cooperate with our Turkish brothers to control the area, we also call them to activate the educational, services and health institutions and the other institutions in the liberated area”.