Rising tension | Regime forces put on high alert in Al-Qamishli, after members of “Air-Force Intelligence” arrested by Asayish Forces

Al-Haskah Province – Syrian Observatory for Human Rights: SOHR activists have reported growing security tension in Al-Qamishli city, after the Internal Security Forces (Asayish) arrested three members of the regime’s “Air-Force Intelligence” service in the city, taking them to unknown destination. Meanwhile, regime forces have amassed troops in order to launch a campaign of arrests in the region.

 

It is worth noting that the Internal Security Forces dominates Al-Qamishli city, although regime forces are stationed in several positions there.

 

SOHR sources reported in November that the Internal Security Forces (Asaysh) stormed exchange and remittance offices in al-Derbasiya, Amuda and al-Qamishli. According to Syrian Observatory sources, the “Asayish” forces closed some offices in these areas, after storming them in a “barbaric” manner, according to the residents. “Asayish” forces confiscated the offices’ equipment, including computers and telephones in order to force the offices to obtain work permits from the “Autonomous Administration”.

 

It is worth nothing that the offices of remittance and exchange that were stormed and closed had previous licenses from the Syrian regime.