Captured Damascus intelligence cell: aim to destabilize region

Since the start of the revolution of July 19^th in northern and eastern Syria, the achievement of gains at various levels, the establishing of a democratic system based on the principle of brotherhood of peoples and coexistence, and the solidarity of all components in order to achieve freedom and to consolidate the work of the Autonomous Administration and make it a model for the whole of Syria, the hostile attacks aimed at breaking the will of the people and foiling their gains have not ceased.

The Damascus government intelligence service, by recruiting agents, has created chaos in the area, and members of a cell captured by Anti - Terrorist Units say that their primary objective was to strike security and stability at the instructions of Damascus intelligence agents.

The persons arrested are "Tarek Saud Al-Taban, who is the cell's official, who recruited and lured the cells with money and assigned tasks to them after receiving orders from Syrian Intelligence Agency, and Ahmed Matar Qasbir and Alaa Fathi Matar, members of the cell; Their mission was to target Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) military points and work to establish the so - called "Clan Army" in order to create discord between the components of the region and the mine industry. "

Members of the cell, during their confessions, revealed how they joined the cell, what tasks they were assigned to, and from whom they were instructed.

Ahmed Qasbir, a dissident soldier of the Damascus Government, indicated that he had joined the cell as part of a settlement and reconciliation process with the Damascus Government forces.

'The condition of targeting the SDF in return for reconciliation

"One of the conditions they asked him to accept a reconciliation was the targeting of Syrian Democratic Forces SDF, the assassination and filming of fighters, and the most important focus on targeting military vehicles," Qasbir said.

He revealed that their cell was responsible for Abo Yasser of the "Political Security Branch," and confirmed that the main objective of the operations was to destabilize security in the Deir ez-Zor area.

'Lure with Money '
Alaa Fathi Matar says that he stayed in the cell for two months before he was arrested, and that the beginning of his accession was through a person named Ibrahim, following up on his confession, "Ibrahim gave me the number of another named Tariq, and he asked me to go to Osama and another named Uday, and he sent me a statement and asked me to wear a military dress.

And we gathered with Osama, and he was in the front reading a threatening statement to the SDF and another person filming us, while we were wearing military uniform.

Days later, Osama asked me to go to Odai, and he told me: I gave him an IED.
Uday and I went through a motorcycle to a Jadiedah Akidat bridge, planted IED and blew it up and then returned.

He noted that other persons were in the Saddam and Mu'tazz cell with them, and on one occasion he asked them to target Self-Defense Forces point in the Deir ez-Zor area.

"Osama taught me how to use the RPG launcher, who targeted the point with the launcher, and we attacked with machine guns on the point.

He asserted that he had been instructed by two individuals, Tarek and Ibrahim.

3 days after the attack on the point, Tarek asked me to go to Hasakah and pick up the money, and he told me to buy what I wanted for myself, and he said, "How much money do you want to get and you also get motorcycles and mobile phones?"

'Groups in the name of supporters of Military Security and targeting of more than 10 vehicles'

Tarek Saud Al-Taban, who is official of a military security cell, indicated that he joined it after he submitted a request in 2019 to work in the so-called pro-military security groups in the Security Square to protect their headquarters, in order to obtain salary.

He continued: More than four months later, approval did not come, and in 2020, specifically in August, I was talked to by someone from Al-Katerji Group, who are also in the Security Square, and I worked with them for five months.

Al-Katerji Group then opened a branch in Hasakah, which was a private protection and task company. It also had branches in Deir-ez-Zor and Damascus

In Hasakah city I met person named Aboud Al-Halo" Abo Qusai", December 11^th in 2020, told me that we must work together, in particular I am from Akidat clan and from Al-Hefal family, the relationship with the Kurd must deteriorate, they are our foes.

Tarek alleged that Aboud was lured him with money to work in cell belongs to Military Security and launching attacks against SDF and AANES institutions in Deir-ez-Zor and Hasakah.

After that he became cell official, run his work inside the Security Square, with two persons are named Salem Al-Hassani and Abo Ahmed.

The Head of Military Security Branch, Gen. Mohammed Al-Jaweer was the official on them, provided them with weapons.

He confirmed that he was directing the cell members to target cars belonging to SDF, especially in the Al-Busira area and on the train tracks in the area, and that they targeted more than 10 cars in addition to water stations and other buildings.

Graffiti that glorifying "Al-Assad and the Syrian army"

Tarek pointed out that some of the instructions and tasks were to write phrases on some walls in Al - Hasakah, that he was directing people to write them and that the words "Assad is coming and the Syrian army is coming."

It was revealed that there were more than 50 intelligence cells of the Damascus Government in the region, the primary objective of which was to destabilize and target the AA's project.

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ANHA