(Zaman Al Wasl)- A woman and her four daughters were arrested by the Syrian Air Force Intelligence in Damascus suburbs over a phone call with former rebel who had been evacuated to northern Idlib province along with 5000 fighters last April, local media outlets reported Tuesday.
The detained family who live in Ruhaiba, key town in the eastern Qalamoun region northeast of Damascus, was contacting with a relative. Such a phone call does not appeal to the Assad security, activists say.
In April 2018, rebel groups in the eastern Qalamoun Mountains, led by Jaysh al-Islam, reached a Russian-brokered surrender agreement with the regime Army where about 5000 rebels handed over heavy weapons and equipment and were evacuated to Turkish-held areas in the northern Aleppo province along with their families, totaling around 5,000 people.
Families of rebels have been endured to heavy scrutiny in Qalamoun. Their phone calls and even social media accounts are under severe surveillance.
Local activists said even rebels who agreed to reconcile and stay in Qalamoun had been arrested later in a breach to the deal.
Since the Syrian revolution erupted in 2011, more than 560,000 people have been killed, and more than 6 million people have been displaced.
Zaman Al Wasl
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