(Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian regime intelligence launched a wide-scale arrest campaign in the eastern suburbs of Damascus, trucking former rebel fighters despite reconciliation deals reached last April, local activists said Tuesday.
The notorious Air Force Intelligence has arrested former fighters in Jaish al-Islam and Faylaq al-Rahman rebel groups.
The fall of Eastern Ghouta last April was achieved in a brutal fashion and had changed the course of the war.
More than 1,700 civilians were reportedly killed in the eight-week offensive.
The Eastern Ghouta was the scene of the first major protests in the capital against the rule of Bashar al-Assad.
Also in Eastern Ghouta suburbs, the General Conscription Department has sent 3000 calls for young men to perform the military service.
Most of the Syrian young men in the capital's eastern suburbs have rejected the regime’s conscription call but the reconciliation deals have imposed a new de-facto. They should join the army or they might face the military intelligence arrest.
Last week however, al-Assad urged all Syrians, including the Druze minority, to send its young men to the army.
The regime is trying to attract more young men who are outside Syria by enacting laws and regulations that encourage them to return back home, and then enroll them in mandatory and reserve services.
The Alawites-dominated areas are still the main manpower supply for the Assad's regime.
More than 125,000 pro-regime forces have been killed in seven years of brutal war, according to local monitoring groups.
Since the Syrian revolution erupted in 2011, more than 470,000 people have been killed, and more than 6 million people have been displaced.
Zaman Al Wasl
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