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2021-11-23 Syria-Lebanon-Iran
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Russian air strike casualties in northwest Syria, patrols breed distrust in south
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[NPASYRIA] On Monday, two people were killed and seven others were maimed in Russian several air raids in northwest Syria.
Russian warplanes raided the Kabbana hills area, north of Latakia, and the vicinity of the town of Taltita in Jabal al-Summaq area northwest of Idlib, with high-explosive missiles, North Press reported opposition military sources.
"The bombardment resulted in the killing of two people and wounding of seven others in the town of Taltita. The maimed were taken to medical points for treatment," the sources added.
The air strikes coincided with the government forces’ shelling of the gatherings of the opposition factions in the town of al-Bara, south of Idlib.
In turn, the armed opposition factions bombed the government forces’ points near the town of Jobas in the eastern countryside of Idlib, with heavy artillery, according to the sources.
However,
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North Press was unable to check the received information with other sources.
For months, areas in Syria’s northwest have been witnessing mutual shelling between parties to the conflict in different areas amid news on government military reinforcements to different areas in the region.
Although the de-escalation zone in northwest Syria is subject to a Russian-Ottoman Turkish ceasefire agreement signed in March 2020, the area witnesses frequent mutual bombardment despite the entry of the ceasefire into force.
Russia’s patrols out of Suwayda as local people lose trust
[NPASYRIA] Residents of Syria’s southern city of Suwayda speculate that Russia’s negative role in earlier incidents in their city has pushed locals to oust Russia’s patrols from the city and its countryside.
Others believe that the presence of Russian soldiers in Syria’s south cause tension to “foreign powers”.
Last week, residents of al-Qrraya town, south of Suwayda, evicted a joint Russian-Syrian government patrol given Russia’s role in last year’s clashes raised outrage among the people.
The clashes in al-Qrraya erupted between the people and Russian-backed Fifth Brigade.
Similar incidents took place over the past years under the tense relations between the mainly Druze people of Suwayda and Russian soldiers.
In 2016, Russia started visiting Suwayda officially claiming to give humanitarian aid to the people specially that the city was under Syrian government forces in a formal way.
MEMORY FULL OF TENSE RELATIONSHIPS
In 2017, the people of al-Janinah village, northeast Suwayda, drove out a Russia’s patrol that was distributing humanitarian assistance.
Again in 2017, armed men from Shahba city expelled a Russian patrol from the city square and fired bullets at them claiming that the Russian soldiers wonder in the streets on an daily basis.
Russia’s first intervene in the security and political affairs of Suwayda was in the summer of 2018. Russian representatives met dignitaries and notables of the city as well as members of the security committee affiliated with the Syrian government.
During the meeting, Russia’s representatives called Suwayda people to sign a settlement agreement alleging local terrorist groups exist in the area. This caused a widespread disapproval among the Druze community inside and outside Syria.
ISIS attacks on the city in 2018, that claimed lives of up to 250 people and wounded hundreds others, worsened the rage already existing.
Suwayda’s residents voiced accusations against government forces and Russian forces saying they were responsible for hundreds of ISIS fighters to enter the city following an agreement signed in Yarmouk Camp, south of Damascus.
SPONSORED ASSAULTS
Locals of Suwayda accused Russia of conspiracy with the Eighth Brigade to assault the city in March 2020, and this made the relations even worse.
Nine young men were killed and six others were captivated by members of the Eighth Brigade when they assaulted famers in the fields near Busra al-Sham.
The Russian-backed Eighth Brigade murdered the captives in a brutal way raising widespread anger by locals and political and religious communities.
Na’im Saleh, a pseudonym for a man close to one of the captives, told North Press that finger blame is firstly pointed to the Russian forces in the massacre committed by the Eighth Brigade.
“Russian soldiers supported the Eighth Brigade with weapons and fighters. Moreover, Russia heated up the racial conflict already existing in the region instead of containing it and bringing perpetrators to accountability.
RECRUITING SOLDIERS
In late 2020, Russia re-sent military delegates to meet leaders of Suwayda. A settlement was proposed by Russia’s side for those young men who refused to join the Syrian army or those wanted by the Syrian government forces.
The proposal received a low turnout because many people had lost trust in Russia’s role.
In early 2021, Russian forces through meditators who follow government security branches started to enlist young men in the Russian soldiers and sent them to Libya or other regions to fight.
Kamal Hareb, 29, told North Press that the deteriorating economic conditions pushed many young men to enlist in the Russian forces and go to the desert of Libya as fighters to protect Russian military facilities.
Each enlisted fighter would serve for four months and would be paid $1,000 as a monthly salary.
After that, vehicles loaded with recruited Syrians drove to Khmeimim Air Base in the coastal area where the soldiers underwent medical tests then dispatched to Beni Ghazi airport in Libya by Russian planes.
The Syrian fighters were deployed on many points and observatory posts within the Russian military facilities where they suffer shortage of food, water and medical supplies, according to Hareb.
Adham al-Hassan, a resident from Suwayda, said the Russian soldiers have a key role in protecting Syrian people from terrorists.
“The consistent Russian support to the people has lessened the brunt of the economic siege imposed on the country,” he added.
According to al-Hassan, some foreign parties are trying to instigate skirmishes in Syria’s south for malicious purposes and escalating tensions between the residents of Suwayda and the Russian forces.
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