Regime forces, which are having a hard time against the anti-regime opposition in Syria, are cornered. Regime forces raid houses in the Yalda, Beit Sahm and Eastern Ghouta regions of Damascus and inspect the checkpoints they established. With these practices, forces affiliated with the regime detain men, including underage youth, and force them into military service.
UNDERAGE MALES ARE FORCED TO BE UNDER ARMED
According to the news in Onedio, it was learned that during the raids carried out by the regime’s military police, Baath battalions and intelligence forces, minors as well as men who had reached military age or were reserve soldiers were taken from their homes and taken to military facilities and assembly points.
While detentions are also carried out at checkpoints established in these regions, it is stated that there are approximately 1700 men detained in this way in Eastern Ghouta.
After Aleppo came under the control of anti-regime armed groups, those who escaped from the villages of Aleppo and went to Damascus are also detained by the regime forces.
THE NUMBER IS EXPECTED TO INCREASE
In addition, while it is stated that many men were forcibly recruited in the city center of Damascus, there is no clear information yet on the number of those detained in the center. There are more than 400 villages in the western and eastern countryside and southern region of Damascus, and the number of forcibly recruited men is expected to increase.
Sources shared that the victims could not speak out or react to what happened out of fear, and that parents whose children were forcibly recruited into the military could not oppose the regime forces.
“THEY ARE AFRAID TO TALK”
Sources stated that the raids caused great fear and anxiety on the public and said, ‘People do not dare to speak or do anything. “Those who are detained are sent directly to military facilities or collection points such as Duraj, and all of them are taken for compulsory military service,” he said.
Sources stated that residents of Damascus were afraid to leave their homes due to the events and only went out to meet their essential needs.
It is also stated that the developments in Syria in the last week have caused economic conditions in the region to worsen.