Resentment in al-Raqqah due to the success of clan mediation in releasing 6 persons accused of assassinating Omar Alloush, the chief of Raqqah Civil Council and former members of ISIS
Resentment prevails among the people in the northern countryside to Raqqa, as a result of the release of detainees in the prisons of the Kurdish Internal Security forces “Asayish” of the Syria Democratic Forces, who were accused of carrying out an assassination of a well-known figure in the Civil Councils operating in the Syria Democratic Forces’ controlled areas in al-Raqqah east of Euphrates River, in addition to the release of detainees who are former members of the “Islamic State” organization, where they who were imprisoned in the prisons of Asayish and Syria Democratic Forces, and the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights obtained information from reliable sources who confirmed to the Observatory that elders and Sheikhs of clans in al-Raqqah area; mediated with the Syria Democratic Forces to release 6 people accused of assassinating Omar Alloush the joint chairman of the Public Relations Committee of al-Raqqah Civil Council at his home, on the 15th of March 2018, in addition to mediating in previous times to release detainees of members of the “Islamic State”, organization who were captured during the clashes or arrested during security operations in the province and in the Syria Democratic Forces’ controlled areas.
The sources confirmed to the Syrian Observatory that the 6 people charged with the assassination were arrested during security operations by the Syria Democratic Forces in al-Raqqah, and they were found in possession of USD 100000$, the sources said that the money was their payment for carrying out the operation, accusing them of working for the Turkish authorities and carrying out the operation by instigation from the Turkish authorities, the sources confirmed that the release of these defendants and former ISIS members; took place after interfering from notables and elders of Arab clans, which caused an escalated resentment from the release of people how are “suspicious and accused of various charges”, amid fears of security chaos if such cases happen again, with demand that those who gave orders for the release of the 6 persons be held accountable.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights published earlier this year that a dead body of a person in a military uniform was found in the western countryside of Al-Raqqah, he is believed to be an intelligence agent of the Syria Democratic Forces, where its body was found dumped on the road in the south of Al-Mansoura town in the western countryside of Al-Raqqah, with a gunshot and he is believed to be subjected to an assassination that targeted him directly, and unidentified gunmen assassinated Omar Alloush, the co-head of Raqqa Civil Council’s Public Relations Committee, was assassinated in his house two weeks ago in Tal Abyad city on the border with Turkey, and the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights published on the 17th of February 2018, that unidentified gunmen assassinated a person, sources said that he belonged to the intelligence services of the Syria Democratic Forces near the Al-Ajrawi roundabout area in Al-Tabaqa city, in the western countryside of Raqqa.
And the Syrian Observatory published earlier that it is still unknown, the identity of the person who assassinated a lawyer in Al-Tabaqa city which is controlled by the Syria Democratic Forces and located on the west banks of the Euphrates River in the western countryside of Al-Raqqah Province, where unidentified gunmen entered his house, shot and killed him. Intersected sources confirmed that the assassinated lawyer was one of the mediators in the withdrawal operation of the “Islamic State” organization from Al-Tabaqa city, after an agreement with the International Coalition and the Syria Democratic Forces and its withdrawal from Al-Raqqah city, also an assassination attempt was carried out against another lawyer who had previously mediated earlier for the exit of the organization from its controlled areas in al-Raqqah, where sources confirmed that the last lawyer his wounds still serious, and the identity of the perpetrators is still unknown.