Resentment prevails among the residents and dignitaries of Maarrat Al-Na’san in Idlib countryside against “Tahrir Al-Sham” and the petroleum company after encroaching their livelihoods and insulting them
Sources informed the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights that a state of discontent and anger prevails among locals of Maarrat Al-Na’san in Idlib countryside due to the clamping down on their work and describing them as ” dregs” by a member of the economic department of “Hayyaat Tahrir Al-Sham”.
The town’s dignitaries issued a statement -of which the Syrian Observatory received a copy- reads “We, the dignitaries of Maarrat Al-Na’san town, want to explain to our brothers in Hayyaat Tahrir Al-Sham and our brothers in all liberated areas, circumstances of thecurrent problem with (Watad) Company, in order not to be wrongly interpreted, simply, what happened was that an official of Watad Company encroached the locals livelihoods in Maarrat Al-Na’san by force and went far through random decrees that clamp down on the work and livelihoods of the locals, knowing that more than 90% of the residents of Maarrat Al-Na’san depends on rudimentary burners to earn their living.”
“Then, another official in the economic department cursed the locals and described them as dregs while protesting against the behavior of the official in Watad Company and of the economic department, knowing that the current problem with the Emir Abu Abd Al-Azim, the town’s representative in Tahrir Al-Sham, is the problem of all people in the town, the matter which ignited resentment of the town’s dignitaries, so they stopped the burners until holding accountable the officials who encroached the people’s livelihoods and insulted them, but until this moment, no one of Tahrir Al-Sham’s officials was kind enough to meet with the town’s locals and dignitaries to solve the current problem and repay the injustices” the statement added.
On November 15, SOHR published that it monitored protests and security tension in Maarrat Al-Na’san town led by a military Emir in “Tahrir Al-Sham”, who rejects the company’s practices which call for disrupting people’s livelihoods.
Reliable sources informed the Syrian Observatory that tension is still continuing till this crisis to be resolved, tanks that have been entered to HTS-held areas, meets the need of these areas, but “Watad” monopolizes them in order to increase its profit, the sources added.
“Watad” Company monopolizes fuel and raw materials, also these areas are witnessing widespread protests over the loss of fuel from the markets while Watad Company is monopolizing fuel for its own benefit, where the price of one liter of gasoline has doubled in conjunction with “Peace Spring” operation. And several towns in Idlib and Aleppo witnessed widespread protests because of the “Rescue” Government’s policy, which the population see as a tool and front for the Joulani and the jihadi organizations, that suffocated and continue to suffocate the citizens and rob them before their eyes.