Published : 27-09-2017
Our reporter in the suburb of Damascus confirmed the exit of Al-Qadam fighters and a number of civilians to the north of Syria, expected to happen on Tuesday, was postponed indefinitely without giving reasons for the delay.
As leaked news revealed, the reason for the postponement was the lack of guarantees and protection of the groups leaving the neighborhood, especially after the Syrian Red Crescent refused to accompany the convoys to be evacuated, as well as threats they received by sectarian militias to seize convoys coming from Al-Qadam towards north Syria, as happened in Aleppo and considering them prisoners until they are released from the numbers of Kafriya and AlFouaa towns.
For its part, ISIS threatened to storm Al-Qadam neighborhood and take control of it if the fighters leave, as well as shelling the convoys and buses that will come in to get the fighters out of the area.
ISIS had previously prevented the people of south Damascus from reaching Al-Qadam, despite it being agreed on with the Syrian regime. It placed barriers in the direction of “Al-Maazniyeh” in Al-Qadam, after a number of fighters escaped with the neighborhood’s fighters and the increase in the movement of the people from south of Damascus to accompany those departing to the north.
Our reporter in the suburb of Damascus confirmed the exit of Al-Qadam fighters and a number of civilians to the north of Syria, expected to happen on Tuesday, was postponed indefinitely without giving reasons for the delay.
As leaked news revealed, the reason for the postponement was the lack of guarantees and protection of the groups leaving the neighborhood, especially after the Syrian Red Crescent refused to accompany the convoys to be evacuated, as well as threats they received by sectarian militias to seize convoys coming from Al-Qadam towards north Syria, as happened in Aleppo and considering them prisoners until they are released from the numbers of Kafriya and AlFouaa towns.
For its part, ISIS threatened to storm Al-Qadam neighborhood and take control of it if the fighters leave, as well as shelling the convoys and buses that will come in to get the fighters out of the area.
ISIS had previously prevented the people of south Damascus from reaching Al-Qadam, despite it being agreed on with the Syrian regime. It placed barriers in the direction of “Al-Maazniyeh” in Al-Qadam, after a number of fighters escaped with the neighborhood’s fighters and the increase in the movement of the people from south of Damascus to accompany those departing to the north.
