Published : 07-01-2018
Activists have accused security and military institutions affiliated to the Syrian regime, of recruiting Palestinian youth to fight with it, alongside the Syrian regime forces, in return of a monthly salary, in addition to forming groups loyal to it, to practice its agendas the benefit those institutions on the land.
At the top of these institutions are the Syrian Republican Guard and the 4th Armoured Division, in addition to security and military groups under the name “National Defense,” as well as groups affiliated to the Syrian Air Force Intelligence, the “Palestinian Branch,” and the “Region Branch.”
The Palestinian youth targeted are in the areas of Al-Zahera, Jarmana, Khan Donone camp, Sayeda Zeinab camp, as well as those displaced from Yarmouk camp, Sabinah and other camps. In the suburbs of Damascus, the areas included Sahnaya, Jdaydet Artooz and the other Palestinian camps under the regime’s control, such as Neirab, Handarat, Hama and Homs.
One of the activists “Walid Abu Khaled,” (a nickname) is a Palestinian refugee working for one of the groups titled “National Defense,” stated that after being displaced from Yarmouk camp, they found themselves in security wells, with members of the Syrian army and security. Under pressure, security threats and terrorism, members of the groups told them that “you are with us or against us.” Walid says that he could not find any other option than to volunteer in one of the groups, especially that he is unable to leave the country. He confirmed his enrollment in one of the headquarters affiliated to the “National Defense.”
Activists have accused security and military institutions affiliated to the Syrian regime, of recruiting Palestinian youth to fight with it, alongside the Syrian regime forces, in return of a monthly salary, in addition to forming groups loyal to it, to practice its agendas the benefit those institutions on the land.
At the top of these institutions are the Syrian Republican Guard and the 4th Armoured Division, in addition to security and military groups under the name “National Defense,” as well as groups affiliated to the Syrian Air Force Intelligence, the “Palestinian Branch,” and the “Region Branch.”
The Palestinian youth targeted are in the areas of Al-Zahera, Jarmana, Khan Donone camp, Sayeda Zeinab camp, as well as those displaced from Yarmouk camp, Sabinah and other camps. In the suburbs of Damascus, the areas included Sahnaya, Jdaydet Artooz and the other Palestinian camps under the regime’s control, such as Neirab, Handarat, Hama and Homs.
One of the activists “Walid Abu Khaled,” (a nickname) is a Palestinian refugee working for one of the groups titled “National Defense,” stated that after being displaced from Yarmouk camp, they found themselves in security wells, with members of the Syrian army and security. Under pressure, security threats and terrorism, members of the groups told them that “you are with us or against us.” Walid says that he could not find any other option than to volunteer in one of the groups, especially that he is unable to leave the country. He confirmed his enrollment in one of the headquarters affiliated to the “National Defense.”
