Published : 12-11-2022
Members of the Palestine Liberation Army (PLA), affiliated with the Syrian regime, have been grappling with food shortage inside military barracks.
A PLA fighter told AGPS there are no food items except for scraps at military sites due to theft and corruption by military commanders.
He added that military chiefs have been seen transferring food items to their private vehicles.
The number of youths attempting to elude regime-imposed military service with pro-regime armed groups in Syria, including the Palestine Liberation Army (PLA), has gone up.
Private sources that spoke with AGPS on condition of anonymity attributed the increasing evasion to the psychological stress and mistreatment inflicted on conscripts in the war-ravaged country.
In recently-disclosed testimonies, a number of breakaways revealed how their food and personal belongings have been stolen by high-ranking officers. Conscripts have also been subjected to poor hygiene and medical neglect. Volunteers have had their salaries abruptly lowered.
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, the Syrian regime announced its intent to seize the property of military dodgers, in reference to people eluding government-imposed obligation to serve in the military forces.
Members of the Palestine Liberation Army (PLA), affiliated with the Syrian regime, have been grappling with food shortage inside military barracks.
A PLA fighter told AGPS there are no food items except for scraps at military sites due to theft and corruption by military commanders.
He added that military chiefs have been seen transferring food items to their private vehicles.
The number of youths attempting to elude regime-imposed military service with pro-regime armed groups in Syria, including the Palestine Liberation Army (PLA), has gone up.
Private sources that spoke with AGPS on condition of anonymity attributed the increasing evasion to the psychological stress and mistreatment inflicted on conscripts in the war-ravaged country.
In recently-disclosed testimonies, a number of breakaways revealed how their food and personal belongings have been stolen by high-ranking officers. Conscripts have also been subjected to poor hygiene and medical neglect. Volunteers have had their salaries abruptly lowered.
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, the Syrian regime announced its intent to seize the property of military dodgers, in reference to people eluding government-imposed obligation to serve in the military forces.
