About 48 hours after closing it…Murak Crossing is reopened before the movement of traders and citizens between the factions’ controlled areas of and the regime’s ones under a Russian – Turkish supervision
Hama Province – The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights: the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitored the reopening of Murak Crossing Point that connects between the controlled areas of the regime forces and the factions-held areas in the northern countryside of Hama, after it was closed for 2 days, amid information about the intention to build a garage for civilian cars, and the Syrian Observatory published on the 9th of November 2018, that the northern sector of Hama countryside witnessed an escalation that caused the closure of the main crossing between areas of the regime and the factions, where the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitored a renewed shelling by the regime forces targeted areas on the outskirts of the towns of Morek and M’aarkbeh in the demilitarized area in the northern countryside of Hama, in conjunction with targeting by Jaysh al-Izza using Grad missiles the vicinity of Hama airbase in the western countryside of Hama, but no information about casualties, also the shelling came amid temporary closure of Morek crossing in the northern countryside of Hama for unknown reasons until the moment, after the Observatory published that the despite the gains made by the regime from opening Morek crossing in the northern countryside of Hama, and although there is an observation post in the town which is located within the demilitarized area; the regime forces continue to target areas in the outskirts the town and its surroundings and near the crossing by several artillery shells, but no information about injuries, where the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitored the fall of shells on areas in the vicinity of the recently opened Morek crossing, which connects regime forces’-controlled areas and factions’ controlled areas under Turkish – Russian supervision, where the shells targeted the area which stretches from the crossing located north of Hama, to the outskirts of Khan Shaykhun in the southern countryside of Idlib.
The Syrian Observatory published on the 6th of November 2018 that between the Battle of “La Ghalib Illa Allah” (no victor except ALLAH) which was announced by the rebel and Islamic factions of the Turkish-supported “Olive Branch” Operation, towards areas of Manbij and east of Euphrates against the Syria Democratic Forces supported by the International Coalition, from which fuel reaches factions’ controlled areas within the Syrian north, in a trade that has become popular in the recent years, and between agreement of other Turkish-supported factions with the regime forces and the Russian police, and between opening the traffic commercially and for the citizens in Morek Crossing at the northern countryside of Hama, the citizens living and displaced to the Syrian north which is under the control of these factions; are suffer a crazy rise in prices of all materials, such as fuel, food, children supplies, homes, and raw everyday-materials needed in the life of any citizen as a harsh winter starts in the area, where the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitored the rise in the prices of fuel, foodstuffs, and other stuff, where the traders are heavily monopolizing the fuel and prevent putting it in the market, where most of the areas traders are partners or supported by influential faction leaders in the area.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitored the rise in the price of gasoline barrels from about 45000 Syrian pounds to more than 70000 Syrian pounds, which is the basic material used by most of the families in the Syrian north for heating, and enters into the movement of the joints of life, like transporting, extracting water, running ovens, and others, and in turn, the prices of bread, transportation, water tankers, etc.. have also increased, where the Syrian Observatory monitored the increase of pistachio peels, which some families use as an alternative to diesel for heating it, to reach about $20 per ton, while the prices of the wood used for heating rose per ton from 40000 to 60000 Syrian pounds, also the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitored the increase of the prices of vegetables from 100 to 200 SYP per kilogram per type, due to the export of a large portion of them towards regime forces’-controlled areas through Morek crossing, and another reason is the rise in the cost of transportation because of the rise of fuel prices.
The Syrian Observatory published on the 2nd of November 2018 that the Syrian Observatory monitored the completion of the rest of the logistic matters and opening of the strategic crossing between areas of control of the faction through the Turkish forces, and between areas of control of the regime forces through the Russian police, where the trucks began to enter and exit to and from areas of the control of both parties through the crossing, and sources confirmed that the crossing will be used for commercial purposes at the foreseeable time, but it is not known if it will also be used as a civilian crossing as well, and the Syrian Observatory published 2 days ago, Wednesday, that the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights received information about the opening of the strategic crossing of Morek on Hama – Aleppo road in Morek town in the northern countryside of Hama, where the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitored preparations by the Turkish Forces and the rebel and Islamic factions and between the Russian police in regime forces’-controlled areas, where the Russian police are removing the barricades that are blocking the road leading to the crossing, amid gathering of the commercial trucks on both sides of the area waiting the orders to open it, and these preparations come as the regime forces and militiamen loyal to them continue to receive people coming to Abu al-Duhur crossing, which opened on the 22nd of October 2018, where the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights published that the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitored the reopening of Abu al-Duhur crossing in the eastern countryside of Idlib, and in the details obtained by the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights: the crossing was opened by the regime forces from one side, as the crossing movement from the side of the regime forces is only available for those wishing to come from Hama province towards Idlib province currently, but no information about the cross of any person yet.