The military junta[1] in Akhtarin town, Aleppo’s northern countryside, issued a decision provided for the deportation of regime loyalist to areas controlled by it and the confiscation of properties for those joined the Syrian regular forces.
Additionally, the local council[2] banned the travel to the regime-held areas except for urgent treatment.
18 military junta members agreed on Sep.8, 2018:
- To remove fathers of soldiers and policeman serving under regime, to the areas controlled by it.
- To remove government employees who still recieve salaries from it, besides banning them from the employment within opposition establishments.
- To remove all those declared allegiance to regime.
- Properties of those removed won’t be seized, except for those who joint the Syrian Army.
The deportation decision issued by the military junta of Akhtarin on Sep. 8, 2018.
The military junta has already deported some of the 11 pro-regime Akhtarin locals it detained earlier on Sep. 14, 2018, while the rest are still in question, according to a local source[3] who testified to STJ on Sep. 17, 2018.
"It wasn’t fully proved that the men deported were collaborators with the regime but according to information received by the military junta, they once provided the Syrian government with information on the situation in the liberated areas. As for those still detained, although they weren’t found guilty and they willingly declared their supported to the Syrian revolution, their credibility is still in doubt for some junta members", the source said.
Only men were ordered to leave the town while their families, women and children, allowed to stay safely.
On the pretext of preserving security in the liberated areas, traveling to regime areas will be after obtaining a travel-permission from the local council of Akhtarin and only for urgent treatment.
The travel ban decision issued by the local council of Akhtarin on Sep. 16, 2018
[1] The military junta was formed on Sep. 3, 2016 by several battalions of the armed opposition groups such as the Sultan Murad, the al-Shamiya Front, and al-Hamza Brigade.
[2] The local council follows the Syrian interim government of The National Coalition for Syrian Revolution and Opposition Forces.
[3] His identity concealed for security purposes.