Last week an agreement was reached to establish a demilitarized buffer zone in northern Syria. The pro-Turkey groups supported the Russian-Turkish decision. On the other hand, the terrorists of the "Sham Liberation Organization", the organization of "Guardians of Religion" and the "Islamic Turkestan Party" rejected this agreement.
It is clear that the agreement between Russia and Turkey is temporary because it aims to stop the bloodshed and restore state sovereignty. Syrian Deputy Foreign Minister Faisal al-Miqdad announced that the Syrian government and army will control all areas of Syria, including Idlib.
While the parties that signed the agreement seek to avoid a humanitarian disaster in the city of Idlib, terrorists are trying to seize the last chance to make money. It is known that the fate of jihadists is inevitable, they need money to take refuge in Turkey. Because of this, the drug trade, human organs and antiques flourish in Idlib province.
First of all, the drug trade brings a great profit to extremists from various armed groups. The drugs are smuggled from Lebanon and then packaged in small packages in Idlib and then sent to Turkey via the Afrin area. Psychotropic substances are then transported to the European continent by sea.
Nasra fighters use the same channel for illegal human organ trade in European countries. The people of Idlib, who refused to join the ranks of the gunmen, were kidnapped and taken to the Turkish cities of Antakya and Kalk, where illegal organ transplants are taking place. Turkish officials continue to turn a blind eye to these criminal acts because they control this trade.
In addition, jihadists trade ancient antiques that collectors from all over the world always demand. During the war in Syria, hundreds of archaeological sites were looted by gunmen, and the city of Sarmada, near the border with Turkey, became a black market for the sale of artifacts of historical value.
However, the Syrian army began border control operations in the Idlib governorate as part of the establishment of a demilitarized buffer zone and to suppress the funding of fighters. Syrian troops are taking part in monitoring the southeast of the province for the purpose of conducting reconnaissance patrols and opening new humanitarian corridors in the near future.
Operations of this type were successful. Syrian army forces discovered a network of tunnels under the ground near the Abu Hashur passage, which allowed fighters to cross the observation posts. Last week, the "Tiger Forces" captured one of the terrorists of the Sham Liberation Organization, Abu Yahya, who planned to commit the terrorist act in the humanitarian corridor while removing civilians from the demilitarized zone.
Abu Yahya said during the interrogation that he fought in the front of the victory and his faction is about 300 fighters. "I and my brothers trained us to commit terrorist acts in the camp near the town of Sarakib, and I was surprised when I saw the training of the White Helmets here."
The terrorist said that the trainers of the private military companies from the United States, Britain and Turkey are divided into several groups and are trained in the following disciplines: explosives engineering, artillery, urban fighting tactics, training of suicide bombers and others. White Helmets have learned how to deal with chemicals probably to portray the new "chemical attack" representation.
As it seems, the leaders of the Sham Liberation Organization are making every effort to organize the defense of the sites. Terrorists earn a lot of money and attract new fighters to their ranks. It is clear that the longer the Idleb case becomes, the harder it will be to restore this province under the control of the Assad army.
It is difficult at this time to predict how the situation in Idlib will develop because Russia and Turkey have very different interests in Syria. However, it must be the result of its only efforts, which have wiped out terrorists and criminals in northern Syria.
