The Syrian Observatory For Human Rights

Idlib | Salvation Government’s security and oversight authorities shut down restaurant funded by emirs of Tahrir Al-Sham

Activists and media workers in Idlib city demanded that those responsible for the “Chicken” restaurant in the city be held accountable after dozens of people got food poisoning yesterday.

Meanwhile, the oversight authorities and the Criminal Security Branch of the Salvation Government closed the restaurant and arrested the restaurant manager on remand.

“Chicken” restaurant is one of Idlib’s largest restaurants and is funded by emirs and commanders of Tahrir Al-Sham.

Yesterday, SOHR sources said that about 150 people got food poisoning today in Idlib city after eating fast food meals from a restaurant in the city. SOHR sources added that the restaurant uses expired materials and rotten meat.

On the other hand, food oversight is absent at restaurants and shops that sell foodstuffs with the absence of the Salvation Government’s role and its institutions, which are only collecting taxes.

On May 12 and 13, Syrian Observatory activists documented cases of food poisoning in refugee camps in the north of Idlib.

Nearly 140 civilians, including children and women, were transported from the camps of Faraj Allah, Al-Zaytoun and Al-Tawheed in Killi in northern Idlib, to hospitals and medical centers, as they suffered from food poisoning after having Iftar meals presented by charitable organizations and associations.