After tragic developments and under popular pressure, HTS suspends the opening of crossing with Syrian regime in western Aleppo
Reliable sources have informed the Syrian Observatory that Hayyaat Tahrir Al-Sham has issued a statement suspending the opening of the new commercial crossing with areas under control of the Syrian regime, between Maarrat Al-Na’saan and Miznaz in the western countryside of Aleppo. The statement comes after the popular rejection of opening the crossing and yesterday’s tragic developments in the area.
In its statement, HTS said “the decision of opening the crossing came after appeals by various communities, including farmers, work lords, factories’ owners, merchants and poultry farms’ owners, and in the public interest of the liberated northern Syria.”
Yesterday, Observatory sources monitored a demonstration in Idlib city, denouncing the practices of Hayyaat Tahrir Al-Sham against the demonstrators protesting the opening of the commercial crossing with regime-controlled areas in the village of Miznaz in west Aleppo countryside near the administrative border with Idlib province.
Meanwhile, HTS security officials attempted to disperse a demonstration near Al-Sa’aa square by force, along with firing live bullets at the demonstrators.
Similar protests took place in Kafr Takhareem city in western countryside of Idlib, amid growing widespread popular discontent.
On the other hand, activists have called for demonstrations and sit-ins in Idlib province under the slogan “No to the opening of crossings .. For the martyrs .. For dignity.”
SOHR sources documented the death of a civilian affected by the injuries he had after being shot by HTS security forces, while participating in protests against the opening of a crossing with the Syrian regime.
Syrian Observatory activists reported earlier this afternoon that tens of residents from Maarrat Al-Na’ssan town and countryside gathered on the road to Miznaz town in the western countryside of Aleppo, blocking the way of trucks heading to the commercial crossing. While HTS security forces attempted to disperse the protests using the same violent methods that the regime was using at the beginning of the Syrian revolution while repressing peaceful demonstrations.