After arrest of man “praising al-Assad’s heroism” | HTS is on high alert, and impose tight inspection measures on people and vehicles in Salqin

Idlib province: SOHR sources in areas under the control of Hayyaat Tahr al-Sham and opposition factions in Idlib province have reported seeing HTS security services being put on high alert in Salqin city in the north-western countryside of Idlib since the early hours of Saturday morning. Meanwhile, the security services imposed strict security measures on the vehicles and passers by. However, the reasons behind this development remained unknown whether this security alert and tight measures were related to the arrest of a man who celebrated the “victory of al-Assad” or not.

 

Yesterday, SOHR activists in areas under the control of Hayyaat Tahrir al-Sham and opposition factions in Idlib reported that HTS security services arrested a man from Salqin city near the Syria border with Iskenderun region in north-west Idlib, as he posted a video he made, supporting Bashar al-Assad and praising his achievements in the presidential election.

 

Earlier in the morning, SOHR sources monitored mass protests, including dozens of displaced and migrants in Kafr Lusin crossing on Iskenderun border northern Idlib, have been erupted in rejection for the Syrian presidential elections. The protesters also demanded the return of the displaced to their homes in the cities, towns, and villages that became under the control of the Syrian regime.