Afrin Post – Special
The Afrinpost received from its own sources information that a high-level meeting took place in the middle of last week, in the “Serail Building / Legislative Council for the Afrin District previously”, which brought together officials in a high-ranking Turkish intelligence delegation and the leaders of Islamic militias affiliated with the Muslim Brotherhood who are known as the ” The Syrian National Army amid strict security measures, which included the proliferation of militias in the main streets and the erection of concrete barriers for two continuous days.
The sources emphasized that the meeting focused on what will happen in the occupied Kurdish region of Afrin, and the Turkish intelligence delegation informed the militia leaders of opening of two points for the Russian military police in the city of Afrin and its countryside, and obliging the militias to pledge not to expose the Russian soldiers who will be stationed at those points.
The sources pointed out that a point was identified in the camp of Kafar Janneh in the district of Shara / Sharan (which is the building in which it was stationed during the era of “self-administration” in Afrin, and it was withdrawn from it to open the way for the Turkish invasion on the nineteenth of January 2018), and another in the Azhar Afrin school Downtown Afrin.
The sources indicated that the decision to open the two Russian military points was objected to by the militia of the “Al-Jabha Al-Shamiya” and “Jaish Al-Islam”, while the militia of “Sultan Murad” and “Sultan Suleiman Shah” expressed their satisfaction with the decision of the new Russian-Turkish arrangements regarding the occupied region.
To that, a website affiliated with the Islamic militia TV / “Syria TV” /, quoting from its sources, stated that Turkey held an emergency meeting in the capital, Ankara, with the so-called “Minister of Defense in the Syrian Interim Government”, in addition to “Legion’s Leaders” and militia of the “National Front” For the liberation of the Syrian National Army militia.
The source familiar with the details of the meeting stated that the meeting was chaired by the Turkish head of intelligence, Haqqan Fedan, as was attended by those responsible for the Syrian file. A reference to Aleppo and Idlib).
The Turkish side informed the leaders of the “National Army” militias that the talks with Russia had not achieved a result, and that the latter was proceeding with a military solution, and therefore the Brotherhood militias must defend themselves in the face of the campaign they are being exposed to, and the Turkish side indicated that it would increase the support provided to the militants “National Army” to confront the forces of Russia and Syrian regime.
In the rounds of negotiations, Russia had held onto the demand for the return of the Syrian regime’s institutions to work within Idlib, and for a comprehensive settlement along the lines of the Daraa governorate, and Moscow was no longer interested in the issue of opening international roads Aleppo – Damascus, and Aleppo – Latakia, despite Turkey’s willingness to consult with its militias to find a mechanism for that.
This comes at a time when the western countryside of Aleppo is witnessing a severe bombing of the Islamic militia sites stationed on the outskirts of Aleppo, where the Russians and the regime’s army aim to secure the city of Aleppo, and expel the Islamic militias affiliated with the Muslim Brotherhood from the northern and western belt of Aleppo.
