...al-Qaeda's Syrian affiliate, from which sprang the Islamic State...(HTS) arrested 17 people, including four women, from a protest camp set up against the bully boy group near the Sarmada Roundabout in Sarmada city, northern Idlib. The protesters demanded the release of detainees held by the HTS.
A local source told North Press that Unit 106 from the HTS’ General Security Apparatus surrounded the protest camp earlier in the day. The camp was set up by refugees from the countryside of Hama who were demanding the release of their sons who were tossed into the calaboose by the group in a previous security campaign.
The source added that the campaign sparked outrage among residents over the arbitrary arrests being carried out against them. The General Security has charged the detainees with threatening civil peace and referred them to an anti-terrorism center.
On Tuesday, dozens of protesters set up a protest camp near the Sarmada Roundabout in northern Idlib, demanding the HTS release their loved ones and stop its repression, according to the same source.