Growing resentment | Turkish Intelligence suspends salaries of National Army’s militiamen

Reliable sources have informed SOHR that the Turkish Intelligence services have suspended the salaries allocated to the factions of the Turkish-backed “National Army” for nearly two months. According to SOHR sources, the Turkish Intelligence had promised the factions operating under the banner of “Peace Spring” operations room to grant them financial rewards after capturing Tel Abyad city on the Syria-Turkey border in October 2019, but these promises have been still unfulfiled. Moreover, the Turkish Intelligence service has cut the salaries of these militiamen for the cost of their military uniform.

A military source in the National Army has informed SOHR that the suspension of salaries by the Turkish Intelligence may be come as a part of its attempts to exert pressure on the factions to accept the opening of crossings with regime-held areas, in implementation of public and secret agreements between Turkey and Russia.