The Syrian Observatory For Human Rights

New prisoners swap | Regime forces and jihadist group “Ansar al-Islam” swap prisoners in western Aleppo countryside

Reliable sources have told SOHR that a new prisoners swap took place between “Ansar al-Islam” jihadist factionand regime forces in the area of Miznar in western countryside of Aleppo province.

A jihadist fighter was released in return for a regime soldier captured earlier in the battles of Jabal al-Turkman in Latakia countryside.

On May 22, reliable sources informed SOHR that a new prisoners swap took place between “Hurras al-Din” organization and regime forces, in Taftnaz area in north-eastern Idlib.

According to SOHR sources, “Hurras al-Din” agreed to release three regime soldiers captured in earlier battles in Jabal Al-Turkman in northern Latakia, in return for the release of a jihadist’s wife, another woman and three children (sons of the two women).