Turkey-Backed Gunmen Block Damascus Militants' Move to Northern Aleppo

Well-informed sources reported that the Turkey-backed militants, deployed in Northern Aleppo, blocked the path of the militants and their family members that had left al-Qadam region in the Southern countryside of Damascus city for Jarabulus under a last week agreement with the Syrian Army.

The sources said that Ankara's move to push allied militants to do so is aimed at disturbing the agreement between militants in al-Qadam and the Syrian army, adding that almost 70 buses, carrying 1,500 militants and their family members, had left al-Sabineh region for Jarabulus in Northeastern Aleppo but were prevented by the gunmen of the Ankara-led the Euphrates Shield from entering Jarabulus.

In the meantime, a sum of 100 militants and their family members that were prevented by the Euphrates Shield forces from entering Jarabulus changed their way towards Idlib via Qalah al-Madhiq in Western Hama.

News websites reported last week that gunmen of the Free Syrian Army (FSA) and Tahrir al-Sham Hay'at (the Levant Liberation Board or the Al-Nusra Front) have agreed on withdrawal of their gunmen from al-Qadam to militant-held regions in Idlib province.

They further reported that the army had previously given a 48 hours ultimatum to the militants to leave al-Qadam.

In the meantime, military analysts said that the army's rapid advances in Eastern Ghouta have forced the FSA and Tahrir al-Sham Hay'at to agree withdrawal from their positions in al-Qadam.