Announce Abu Muhammad Al-Julani Leader in Joint operations management Today, Thursday, the armed opposition forces of the Syrian opposition announced that the armed opposition was able to enter Hama cityHe also called on Iraq not to allow the Popular Mobilization Forces to intervene in Syria.
In a brief video clip published by the factions’ operations department on the Telegram application, Al-Julani addressed the people of the city, saying, “I bring you good news that your revolutionary mujahideen brothers have begun entering the city of Hama to cleanse that wound that has persisted in Syria for 40 years.”
He added, “I ask God Almighty that it be a conquest without revenge, but rather a conquest full of mercy and affection.”
After fierce battles that lasted for days, the Syrian armed opposition factions were able to enter the city of Hama, the fourth largest city in the country, and they also announced the removal of hundreds of prisoners from the city’s central prison, which they had also entered.
The Syrian army acknowledged – in a statement – its loss of the city, explaining that “during the past hours, with the intensification of confrontations between our soldiers and terrorist groups… these groups were able to penetrate and enter several axes in the city.”
He added, “The military units stationed there redeployed and relocated outside the city.”
The tragedy of Hama
Following the outbreak of the conflict in 2011, the city of Hama witnessed peaceful popular demonstrations that were forcefully suppressed by Damascus, and the factions were unable to…Free Syrian Army“And the opposition fighters were unable to control it at that time.
The loss of Hama is yet to come Aleppo citythe second largest city in Syria, within days, a major blow to the Syrian president Bashar al-Assad During the past years, with the support of two main allies, Russia and Iran, it was able to extend its control over two-thirds of the country’s area.
Hama witnessed bloody events in 1982, when the president was crushed Hafez al-Assadthe father of the current President Bashar, an uprising, and human rights organizations estimate that this military campaign led to the deaths of 10,000 to 40,000 people, and it was subsequently banned. Brotherhood In Syria, the death penalty was imposed on anyone convicted of belonging to it.
Last year, the Swiss judiciary issued an arrest warrant against him Rifaat Al-Assadthe uncle of the current president, was accused of involvement in war crimes when he was an assistant to his brother Hafez at the time.
In the same context, Al-Julani urged the Iraqi Prime Minister Muhammad Shiaa Al-Sudani In a video statement, today, Thursday, not to allow For the popular crowd By intervening in Syria, warning against escalating tension in the region.
Al-Julani said, “Just as Iraq and Mr. Muhammad Shiaa al-Sudani succeeded in distancing himself from the war between Iran and the region recently, we also appeal to him to distance Iraq from entering into a new war with what is happening in Syria.”
He added, “In Syria, there are people who have revolted against this regime. We hope and hope that the Iraqi politicians, led by Muhammad Shiaa al-Sudani, will distance Iraq from entering into such quarrels, and that they will do their duty to prevent the interference of the Iraqi Popular Mobilization Forces in what is happening in Syria by standing in the side of this vanishing regime.” “.
The Popular Mobilization Forces said that it did not deploy forces in Syria, and leaders within it said that they would only do so based on orders from their leaders.
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