Inside a Syrian 'reconciliation centre' where Assad's soldiers give up their weapons
This "reconciliation centre" in Damascus is run by rebel group HTS/ On the night of 6 December, Mohammed el-Nadaf, a soldier in the Syrian army, was at his position in Homs. As rebels led by Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) pushed into the city, days after they had seized control of Aleppo and Hama in a lightning offensive, Mohammed decided he didn't want to fight. "We had no orders, no information. I took off my uniform, left my weapons, and started to make my way to my village in Tartous," he said. At around the same time, Mohammed Ramadan was ...
Click
To Read Full Article