10 days after forming the “National Rescue Government”… await for reopening Bab al-Hawa border crossing and delivering it the institutions management in Idlib Province
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights learned from several reliable sources that it is expected on the morning of Wednesday the 18th of October 2017 that Bab al-Hawa border crossing between the Turkish side and the Syrian territory will be reopened, after it was closed months ago, and the sources reported to the Syrian Observatory that reopening the crossing indicates the acceptance of the “National Rescue Government” that was formed a few days ago in Idlib Province, while the management of all institutions in Idlib Province is expected to be transformed to this government, which will manage and control them, also the Syrian Observatory learned that a press conference is expected to be held at Bab al-Hawa crossing with the presence of the head of the National Rescue Government. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights published on Saturday the 7th of October 2017 that a meeting took place at Bab-Hawa border crossing between Idlib province and the Iskenderun, the meeting was organized by Syrian opponents in the Syrian interior, from which a “National Rescue Government” was formed, the meeting included opponents from several Syrian areas during which a President of the National Rescue Government was elected, he is the Dr. Mohammed al-Sheikh of Idlib Province, and the election of the government came after holding the General Syrian Conference from which a founding body emerged and after that the preparation started for the National Rescue Government, whose president was elected today, and the reliable sources confirmed that the members, offices and work of this Government will be in the Syrian interior.
The sources also confirmed to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights that the Government opposes the Turkish – Russian –Iranian intervention in the Syrian interior, and opposes the fighting between the rebel factions and movements operating on Syrian soil, while the process of announcing the Government and electing its President comes in conjunction with the Turkish – Russian –Iranian movements in preparation for a military operation in Idlib Province.