Syria Frees Hundreds of Detainees Ahead of Muslim Holiday
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Syria Frees Hundreds of Detainees Ahead of Muslim Holiday
I will try to return to Al Ghouta to join my wife and son." In northern Syria, the American-backed Syrian Democratic Forces released about 200 Islamic State members in Raqqa Province at the request of tribal leaders in the region, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, an opposition monitoring group
that is based in Britain and tracks the conflict with the help of contacts in Syria.
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESSJUNE 24, 2017
DAMASCUS, Syria — The Syrian government on Saturday released hundreds of detainees, including some who
had backed the insurgency against President Bashar al-Assad, on the eve of a major Muslim holiday.
The Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces have been making advances inside Raqqa since June 6, under the cover
of airstrikes by the American-led coalition, with the aim of liberating the city from the Islamic State.
Mr. Shaar added that the release was a bid to "sustain national reconciliations efforts and the homeland’s unity." The detainees were set free on the eve of Eid al-Fitr, the feast
that marks the end of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.
that I am glad for the release of my son,
The group said that all those released in the town of Tabqa
and the city of Raqqa and its suburbs had no blood on their hands and had worked as preachers in similar jobs or as employees in the Islamic State’s civilian institutions.
The push has led to so-called reconciliations in areas around Syria in which opposition fighters
either surrendered in exchange for amnesty or moved to rebel-held areas in the north.
I will try to return to Al Ghouta to join my wife and son." In northern Syria, the American-backed Syrian Democratic Forces released about 200 Islamic State members in Raqqa Province at the request of tribal leaders in the region, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, an opposition monitoring group
that is based in Britain and tracks the conflict with the help of contacts in Syria.
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESSJUNE 24, 2017
DAMASCUS, Syria — The Syrian government on Saturday released hundreds of detainees, including some who
had backed the insurgency against President Bashar al-Assad, on the eve of a major Muslim holiday.
The Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces have been making advances inside Raqqa since June 6, under the cover
of airstrikes by the American-led coalition, with the aim of liberating the city from the Islamic State.
Mr. Shaar added that the release was a bid to "sustain national reconciliations efforts and the homeland’s unity." The detainees were set free on the eve of Eid al-Fitr, the feast
that marks the end of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.
that I am glad for the release of my son,
The group said that all those released in the town of Tabqa
and the city of Raqqa and its suburbs had no blood on their hands and had worked as preachers in similar jobs or as employees in the Islamic State’s civilian institutions.
The push has led to so-called reconciliations in areas around Syria in which opposition fighters
either surrendered in exchange for amnesty or moved to rebel-held areas in the north.