Eighth Brigade: Fighters in southern Syria, indentation into the military | EUROtoday

One of essentially the most highly effective armed teams in southern Syria has introduced their dissolution and integration into the nation’s military. The members of the so-called eighth brigade, which is energetic within the province of Daraa, determined their dissolution and the handover of all their capacities to the Syrian Ministry of Defense, mentioned Mohamed al-Hurani spokesman in a video message. The choice is predicated on the duty of the eighth brigade “for national unity and the improvement of security and stability as well as the protection of state sovereignty”.

The eighth brigade is a part of the navy coalition Southern Operations Room (Sor), which had contributed to the autumn of the Dictator Bashar al-Assad in December. The decisive offensive was led by the Islamist militia Hajat Tahrir al-Scham (HTS), whose chief Ahmed al-Sharaa later to the transition president Syrians was appointed.

Numerous armed teams of Assad opponents had already agreed to the military on the finish of December. The Sor had stayed away from this assembly, her fighters had saved their weapons. Before the announcement that has now been made, there had been disputes between fighters of the eighth brigade and the brand new Syrian ruler within the metropolis of Bosra.

In March, the brand new Syrian authorities additionally closed an settlement with the autonomous Kurdish administration within the northeast of the nation, which supplies for its integration into the nationwide authorities. Negotiations are at present underway with the representatives of the non secular majority of the Drusen in southern Syria.