Konflikten i Syrien

Military service truants turn themselves in to benefit from amnesty decree
Nov 20, 2013
Damascus,

The committee charged with offering facilitations to the Internal Security Forces truants met with a number of those who have been misled into avoiding service for having their file settled.

The committee was familiarized with the circumstances of the truants and the reasons that prompted their leaving service, and decided to reinstate them in their work so as to benefit from the presidential amnesty decree no. 70 for 2013.

The Committee pointed out that most of the truants have left service due to the threats of the armed terrorist groups.

130 internal security forces truants surrender to authorities

130 internal security forces truants surrendered themselves to authorities in Aleppo to benefit from the presidential amnesty decree.

Aleppo governor, Mohammad Wahid Aqqad said that the truants have returned to the homeland, calling them to play a role in raising the awareness of those who were similarly misled to follow their example and turn themselves in.

Four British men have been killed fighting alongside Al-Qaida-linked fighters in Syria, it was reported Thursday, as fears rise of the growing threat from jihadists returning from the war.

Three of the men, all thought to be from London, were killed in August as their group attacked forces loyal to President Bashar Assad near Aleppo, according to The Times.

The fourth man was shot two weeks later while trying to ambush an enemy position.
The Times said they were part of a ten-strong group of British jihadists who fought together and joined up with 20 other Britons to fight alongside the Al-Nusra Front, which is allied to Al-Qaida.

Residents of Sadad said that over the week that opposition fighters were in the village, fighters mostly did not target or abuse residents, but that in some instances, they endangered and killed civilians and people in their custody and intentionally damaged and looted civilian sites, including churches. Rebel fighters forced residents to stay in areas with active fighting, allegedly used at least one resident as a human shield, and apparently executed residents and killed others with sniper fire. As opposition forces battled government forces in the village some residents were also killed by opposition shelling which may have been indiscriminate.