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The following are the most prominent developments on the Syrian scene today, Tuesday, December 29, 2020:
Field scene and safety:
Aleppo:
An explosive device exploded behind a mosque in the city of Azaz, in the northern Aleppo countryside, and damage was caused.
– The “SDF” raided the city of Sarin, south of the city of Ain al-Arab, in the northeastern Aleppo countryside, and arrested 18 youths for forced recruitment into their ranks.
– Free Army factions loyal to Turkey bombed the villages of Arab Hassan and Tokhar, in the northeastern city of Manbij, in the northeastern Aleppo countryside, last night with heavy weapons and projectiles.
– One of the officers of the “Levant Front _ Free Army” loyal to Turkey, named “Abu Khaled al-Homsi”, was seriously injured when an explosive device exploded in his car in the city of Soran, in the northern Aleppo countryside.
– A “locally manufactured” drone attacked a truck near the Al-Hamran commercial crossing near the town of Jarablus in the northeastern Aleppo countryside, causing property damage. Yesterday, the crossing separated the places of control of the Free Army factions loyal to Turkey and the SDF.
Deer Al Zour:
A civilian was killed yesterday by gunmen from “Qasd” in the town of Al-Shuhail, in the southeast countryside of Deir Ezzor.
– The “SDF” detained 5 people from the city of Al-Shuhail in the southeastern field of Deir Ezzor, after a raid they carried out this morning in the city.
An “SDF” militant was killed last night in an armed attack on a military vehicle in the town of Al-Susah, in the southeastern Deir Ezzor camp.
Hasaka:
– One of the “Qasd” officials, named “Alan Shekhmous”, was shot dead as his body was found in the city of Qamishli, in the northeastern Hasaka countryside.
– The body of one of the gunmen was found in the “Qasd”, which was shot in the head by unknown persons in the western Al-Nashwa neighborhood of Al-Hasakah.
The Russian Military Police conducted a military patrol in the vicinity of the city of Abu Rasin, east of Ras al-Ain, in the northwestern Hasaka countryside.
Sensitivity:
– Two gunmen from “Qasd” were killed and others wounded in an armed attack on a military vehicle in the vicinity of Al Rasheed farm, northwest of the city of Al-Raqqa.
– Two armed men were killed by unknown men near the village of Mansoura in the western Raqqa countryside.
– 10 militants from “Free Army” factions loyal to Turkey were killed and another 7 were captured in the Moqala village axis in the countryside of Ain Issa town in the northern Raqqa countryside, as a result of their attack to the “SDF” sites in the area the day before yesterday.
– Two “Qasd” gunmen were killed when unidentified persons threw a grenade at a house in the Sikkat al-Qitar area, north of the city of Raqqa.
Idlib:
A civilian was shot to death by security forces from the “Al-Sham Liberation Headquarters” after a dispute escalated into clashes over weapons in the village of Jakara, in the northwestern countryside of Idlib.
General scene:
in the zone:
– President al-Assad issued Legislative Decree No. 36 of 12/29/2020 to exempt production requirements and raw materials used in the manufacture of preventive medicinal and veterinary preparations from customs duties and all other taxes and fees imposed on importation, for a period of one year from the date of its application.
The Reconciliation Center of the Russian Defense Ministry in Syria announced the suspension of the Russian military police escorting civilian vehicles on part of the “M-4” road due to the escalation of the situation.
The deputy head of the Russian Center, Major General of the Marine Corps “Vyacheslav Sitnik”, said during a press conference on Monday that “due to the escalating situation, the Russian Military Police escorting civilian means of transport the section of the road between Tal Tamer and Ain Issa has been suspended. “
He stressed that the escort will resume with the settlement of the situation.
He noted that the Russian military police carry out their tasks at the observation points in cooperation with the Syrian army to help establish stability.
– The “SDF” denied having reached any agreement with the Russian forces regarding the city of Ain Issa in the northern countryside of Raqqa, after news that the “SDF” agreed to hand over the city to the Syrian army.
The general official of the Military Council in Tal Abyad, affiliated with the SDF, Riad Al-Khalaf, said that all the news and information circulating about reaching an agreement with the Russian forces are “baseless”.
Al-Khalaf added that “the control map remains intact after six weeks of Turkish military escalation.”
Internationally:
– After talking with his Turkish counterpart, Russian Foreign Minister “Sergey Lavrov” confirmed the commitment to the Astana platform on Syria because it is more effective.
For his part, Turkish Foreign Minister “Cavusoglu” said that we will do everything possible to resolve the Syrian crisis, and we are seeing good results in the process of drafting a new constitution for Syria.