The withdrawals of heavy weapons continue away from media and without being announced about from the area to be disarmed in accordance with the Russian – Turkish agreement by factions operating in the area
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitored more violations which targeted places in the area to be disarmed in accordance with the Russian – Turkish agreement, which has been witnessing a Russian – Turkish truce since the 15th of August 2018, where the Syrian Observatory monitored sporadic shelling by the regime forces on areas in the northern mountains of Lattakia, the regime forces also targeted areas in Jazraya village in the southern sector of Aleppo countryside, which caused material damage, without information about casualties, and this ongoing violation to the Russian – Turkish truce, is coincided with withdrawals carried out by the factions which are located in the area to be disarmed in accordance with the Russian – Turkish agreement, where sources confirmed to the Syrian Observatory that factions operating in the northern countryside of Hama and the southern countryside Idlib, have withdrawn some of their heavy vehicles and artillery pieces without announcing about that, towards areas beyond the planned buffer zone, and the sources confirmed that the vehicles were observed retreating towards the north amid confirmed information about that at least one of these vehicles is of Hayyaat Tahrir Al-Sham.
The Syrian Observatory published hours ago, that the area that was decided to be disarmed according to the Russian – Turkish agreement, continues to be marked by uneven attitudes and implementation, where the activists of the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights did not monitor any public withdrawals of “Jihadi” groups from the to-be-disarmed area, where these groups control about 70% of this area, in which attempts are being made to persuade all factions in it to hand over their weapons, and activists of the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitor the “Jihadi” factions creating trenches closed from the top to hide the heavy weapons inside them within the disarmament area in the northern countryside of Latakia, also the rebel and Islamic factions of Ahrar al-Sham, al-Sham Corps, and the 1st and 2nd Sahiliya Divisions have not carried out any withdrawals from their areas of presence in Latakia countryside, and followed the “jihadi” factions in the process of concealing heavy weapons in closed trenches, while it is not known whether Hayyaat Tahrir al-Sham and other factions have carried out withdrawals of heavy machinery and mortars artilleries during the night hours away from media and announcing, as did the Free Idlib Army Faction and al-Sham Corps Faction of the National Liberation Front, where they have been carrying out successive withdrawals of heavy weapons of cannons and heavy vehicles since the 30th of September 2018, also the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights received information about the withdrawal of heavy machineries of the Islamic movement of Ahrar al-Sham and Soqur al-Sham from Maarrat al-Nu’man countryside at the southern countryside of Idlib.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights published before sundown of yesterday that Syrian Observatory for Human Rights learned that the areas to be disarmed in accordance with agreement between Turkey and Russia, are witnessing new withdrawals of heavy weapons, and in the details obtained by the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights; away from the media and without announcing about what is going on, Al-Sham Corps and the Free Idlib Army tend to withdraw heavy mortars from both eastern and south-eastern countryside of Maarrat Al-Nu’man, and reliable sources confirmed that the withdrawal is being carried out without being announced about, as the 2 factions’ fear of the reaction of the residents and the popular incubator, and for fear of exploiting this action by the “jihadist” groups which are in control of more than 70% of the area to be disarmed in the provinces of Aleppo, Hama, Idlib and latakia, also, reliable sources confirmed to the Syrian Observatory that heavy vehicles of Al-Sham Corps were watched in the countryside of Jarjnaz area, and they are not known whether they brought out from the to-be-disarm area, or they were already outside it, and the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights published on the 30th of September 2018, that an Islamic corps close to Turkey has begun the process of withdrawing its forces from areas in which the disarmament process will take place; in accordance with the Russian – Turkish agreement, and in the details obtained by the Syrian Observatory: the Corps is beginning to withdraw its machineries from the to-be-disarmed areas in the coming period, where the withdrawal from this area took place within the southern countryside of Aleppo, which is adjacent to the northern sector of Idlib Province countryside, and the sources confirmed that the Corps is the second in terms of size of its assets among the factions operating on the Syrian ground, and the third power in terms of number of soldiers among the same factions, and it carried out this withdrawal at the request of the Turks, while the withdrawal came after the activists of the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights published on 29th of September 2018, that activists of the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights so far have not monitored any withdrawal of any group of factions from their positions and points within the buffer area, which was agreed upon after the Turkish – Russian meeting that took place more than two weeks ago, and 48 hours after the Turkish intelligence meeting with leaders of the factions working in the area, while no heavy weapon withdrawals were carried out until the moment, amid resentment and disaffection among the factions after the Turkish intelligence service told them that the regime forces will not retract any step and will not pull their heavy weapon backwards. In the same context, the Syrian Observatory monitored the factions of Free Idlib Army of the National Liberation Front pulling some of its heavy artilleries like the mortars from Abu Makkah area, which is located within the buffer area, but it is not known why they guns were withdrawn yet; whether it was a start of implementing the Russian – Turkish agreement or not, the activists of the Observatory also monitored Soqur al-Sham faction of the National Liberation Front withdrawing its heavy vehicles like tanks from Jarjanaz area east of Maarrat al-Nu’man city towards Jabal al-Zawiyah, fearing any possible attack from Hayyaat Tahrir on Soqur al-Sham in the area and seizing their heavy weapons, against the backdrop of tension between both parties in the area on Friday evening.