Russian Flag did not contribute in returning tens of thousands of displaced people to their homes in north of Aleppo after being displaced by their warplanes early 2016

Negotiations are still taking place north of Aleppo Province about the return of displaced people to their villages, but no agreements had been reached yet, and the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights learned that negotiations are taking place with the Syria Democratic Forces by local and civilian parties and other military parties, about the return of tens of thousands of citizens to their villages and towns from which they were displaced in the northern countryside of Aleppo, from the area stretching from Shawargha village until al-Sha’alah area, from the east of Afrin to the western countryside of al-Bab city.

The reliable sources confirmed to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights that Russian flags and their deployment over the Menagh airbase and sites on contact lines between the Syria Democratic Forces the Turkish forces and the factions supported by them, and the fact that this new transformation -the Russian deployment- moved away the risk of a new fight in the northern countryside of Aleppo between the Syria Democratic Forces and the Turkish forces and their supported factions, the reliable sources confirmed that they have not contributed until now in the success of the negotiations about the return of displaced people, or in reaching an agreement about the mechanism of their return to their villages and towns, most notably Menagh, Tall Rifaat, Kafr Antwan, Deir Jamal, Shaikh Isa, Shawargha, al-Wahshiyyeh, Sheik Kief, Fafin, Ihres, Om Hosh, Kfrnaya, Al-Ziyara, Mar’anaz and other villages in this box which is several hundreds of square kilometers.

These areas were controlled by the Syria Democratic Forces during a massive military operation early 2016, after which tens of fighters of the rebel and Islamic factions and Syria Democratic Forces were killed, also it witnessed before that intense raids by Russian and regime warplanes, which caused the death and injury of tens of citizens and displaced tens of thousands of other citizens from their homes, towards other areas in the northern countryside of Aleppo controlled by of the factions, where negotiations are taking place between the Syria Democratic Forces, local and popular committees and military parties in order to return these displaced people to their homes according to a mechanism both parties agree on.