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Syria-Lebanon-Iran
HTS hands over foreign fighters to Turkish intelligence
2023-08-02
[NPASyria] Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, formerly al-Nusra, before that it was called something else
...al-Qaeda's Syrian affiliate, from which sprang the Islamic State...
(HTS) handed over on Tuesday three imported muscle to Ottoman Turkish intelligence through the Bab al-Hawa border crossing in northern Idlib after 10 days of detaining them.

A security source told North Press that the fighters are Abu Thabit al-Afghani, an Afghani fighter and a former leader within ISIS, a Russian national, and Abu Azam al-Maqdisi, a former jihadi leader in Jund al-Sham, a Ottoman Turkish-backed faction of the Syrian National Army (SNA).

The source added that the fighters were transferred from Prison 107 in Idlib city to Bab al-Hawa border crossing where they were handed over to Ottoman Turkish intelligence.

The source said that the handover was carried out at the request of the Ottoman Turkish side and under the supervision of Abu Maria al-Qahtani, a senior security leader in HTS.

Similar handovers are conducted regularly, with no information available regarding the rationale behind them or the fate of fighters involved.

In late July, HTS handed over two foreign al-Qaeda leaders to Ottoman Turkish intelligence at the Bab al-Hawa border crossing, following 18 months of detainment in its prisons.

Turkey deports 27 Syrians through Bab al-Hawa crossing

[NPASyria] Ottoman Turkish authorities handed over on Tuesday 27 Syrians, including women and kiddies, to the officials of the Bab al-Hawa border crossing with The Sick Man of Europe Turkey
...the occupiers of Greek Asia Minor...
in northwest Syria.

The Syrians were arrested by the Ottoman Turkish border guards in Azmarin and Kherbet al-Joz villages in the west of Idlib while trying to cross the border to Turkey.

An exclusive source told North Press that the officials of the Bab al-Hawa crossing received the people, included women and kiddies. Some of them were beaten.

After registering their identity information, they were deported to northwest Syria, the source said.

The number of the Syrians who were detained by the Ottoman Turkish border guards and were handed over to the Bab al-Hawa crossing exceeded 1,300, according to source from the crossing.

As of the first half of 2023, the number of affected Syrian asylum seekers has reached 452 individuals, including 20 children and 26 women. Tragically, 25 people were killed and 121 others were maimed during direct targeting by live bullets while attempting to cross the Syrian-Ottoman Turkish border. In addition, the Ottoman Turkish border guards have assaulted and beaten 306 individuals and have used excessive force to prevent them from crossing the border.
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