The Syrian Observatory For Human Rights

Eastern Ghouta | Iranian militias buy more real estate

Damascus Countryside Governorate – Syrian Observatory for Human Rights:

SOHR sources from inside eastern Ghouta in countryside of the capital Damascus, say that merchants hail from the city of Mayadeen in Deir ez-Zor, affiliated with the local militia “Liwa’a Al-Abbas” loyal to and operate under the Iranian forces’ command, continue to buy real estate from residents across eastern Ghouta, through “Abu Yasser al-Bakary”, who has previously bought many properties in various areas in astern Ghouta at the orders of “A.A.”, the leader of a pro-Iranian militia.

According to Syrian Observatory sources, the purchases were recently concentrated in the areas of the southern sector of astern Ghouta, in the areas of Zabdin, Deir al-Assafir, Hatitet Al-Turkman and Al-Meliha, where they bought large number of plots, houses, restaurants and parks which have been damaged by earlier military operations. They also bought about 100 houses in the city of al-Meliha, some of which are almost completely destroyed.

Meanwhile, negotiations between these militias and the owners of real estate offices are under way to buy buildings belong to people living abroad, as their properties were completely destroyed due to airstrikes during military operations.

Recently, they began to search for destroyed buildings to buy from their owners, for unknown reasons, after they were purchasing shops and habitable houses, while they bought a large number of parks and restaurants in the areas of Hatitet al-Turkmen, Deir al-Assafir and Zabdin from their owners during the recent period.