Published : 17-03-2021
Conscripts at the Palestine Liberation Army (PLA), affiliated with the Syrian regime, have denounced the negligence and mistreatment they have been facing inside military barracks.
The conscripts said they have been grappling with food shortage and forced to buy food items while high-ranking officials receive rewarding cash grants and gratis food.
Recently, PLA has lowered salaries of its gunmen on claims of inferior fitness rates.
Palestinian refugees who joined the pro-regime battalions in Syria have been enduring serious crackdowns and abuses. Many of them said they have been forced to carry out exhausting personal chores for government officers against their will and under threat of punishment. Even those who have had their security files worked out have been involved in forced labor.
The conscripts’ families continue to urge the Syrian regime to lay off their relatives who have served in the army for over five years.
Earlier this year, dozens of Palestinian youths joined a new military training session by the PLA.
A number of buses with young men onboard were spotted in displacement camps across the war-torn country. The conscripts were transferred to Bassel AlAssad Institute for Military training in Mesyaf town.
The Syrian government forces continue to drag Palestinian refugees to mandatory military conscription, forcing dozens to become internally displaced and dozens more to seek refuge in other countries.
Those who refuse conscription are subjected to crackdowns, abductions and even executions. As a result, thousands fled the tension-stricken country in the hunt for a safer shelter.
Conscripts at the Palestine Liberation Army (PLA), affiliated with the Syrian regime, have denounced the negligence and mistreatment they have been facing inside military barracks.
The conscripts said they have been grappling with food shortage and forced to buy food items while high-ranking officials receive rewarding cash grants and gratis food.
Recently, PLA has lowered salaries of its gunmen on claims of inferior fitness rates.
Palestinian refugees who joined the pro-regime battalions in Syria have been enduring serious crackdowns and abuses. Many of them said they have been forced to carry out exhausting personal chores for government officers against their will and under threat of punishment. Even those who have had their security files worked out have been involved in forced labor.
The conscripts’ families continue to urge the Syrian regime to lay off their relatives who have served in the army for over five years.
Earlier this year, dozens of Palestinian youths joined a new military training session by the PLA.
A number of buses with young men onboard were spotted in displacement camps across the war-torn country. The conscripts were transferred to Bassel AlAssad Institute for Military training in Mesyaf town.
The Syrian government forces continue to drag Palestinian refugees to mandatory military conscription, forcing dozens to become internally displaced and dozens more to seek refuge in other countries.
Those who refuse conscription are subjected to crackdowns, abductions and even executions. As a result, thousands fled the tension-stricken country in the hunt for a safer shelter.
