{"id":3477,"date":"2018-11-07T10:41:39","date_gmt":"2018-11-07T15:41:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/salonsyria.com\/?p=3477"},"modified":"2018-11-07T10:44:41","modified_gmt":"2018-11-07T15:44:41","slug":"syria-in-a-week-30-october-5-november-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.salonsyria.com\/en\/syria-in-a-week-30-october-5-november-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"Syria in a Week (30 October \u2013 5 November 2018)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>The following is a selection by our editors of significant weekly developments in Syria. Depending on events, each issue will include anywhere from four to eight briefs. This series is produced in both Arabic and English in partnership between\u00a0<a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/www.salonsyria.com\/\">Salon Syria<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/www.jadaliyya.com\/\">Jadaliyya<\/a>. Suggestions and blurbs may be sent to\u00a0<a class=\"\" href=\"mailto:info@salonsyria.com\">info@salonsyria.com<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h1><strong>The Fourth Envoy: Pedersen <\/strong><\/h1>\n<p><em><strong>31 October 2018<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Reuters<\/p>\n<p>UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres <a href=\"https:\/\/ara.reuters.com\/article\/topNews\/idARAKCN1N502O\">told<\/a> the UN Security Council on Tuesday that the Norwegian diplomat Geir Pedersen will be the new UN Syria envoy. Pedersen, who is currently Norway\u2019s ambassador in China, has the informal approval of the council\u2019s five permanent members \u2013 Russia, China, the United States, France, and Britain, according to Reuters. \u201cIn taking this decision, I have consulted broadly, including with the Government of the Syrian Arab Republic,\u201d Guterres wrote. \u201cMr. Pedersen will support the Syrian parties by facilitating an inclusive and credible political solution that meets the democratic aspirations of\u00a0the Syrian people.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Pedersen will replace Staffan de Mistura who will step down at the end of November, as the Syrian government, backed by Iran and Russia, has retaken most of the country and a political agreement remains elusive.<\/p>\n<p>Pedersen is the fourth UN envoy to Syria after Kofi Anan, Lakhdar Brahimi, and Staffan de Mistura. None of them were able to achieve any breakthrough towards reaching a political solution to the conflict. UN efforts are currently focused on trying to convene a committee to rewrite Syria\u2019s constitution.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe will cooperate with\u00a0the new special envoy, Geir Pedersen, the way we did with\u00a0two previous special envoys if he refrains from\u00a0using the methods of\u00a0his predecessor. And he must declare his commitment to\u00a0Syrian territorial integrity and to\u00a0the people of\u00a0the Syria; he cannot take the side of\u00a0the terrorists like\u00a0his predecessor did,\u201d Syria\u2019s Deputy Foreign Minister Faisal Mekdad told a local newspaper.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h1><strong>ISIS Once Again<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p><em><strong>2, 4 November 2018<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Reuters<\/p>\n<p>ISIS has resurfaced once again as it claimed responsibility for several terrorist attacks, including the attack on Friday that targeted two civilian buses carrying Copts near the Alanba Samuel monastery in Egypt, which left seven dead and eighteen injured. ISIS also claimed responsibility for an attack on Shiite pilgrims in Iraq that killed three Shiite pilgrims near the city of Khanqin north-east of Iraq.<\/p>\n<p>ISIS also <a href=\"https:\/\/ara.reuters.com\/article\/topNews\/idARAKCN1N90N5\">claimed<\/a> responsibility for a car bomb that exploded near a military position in the Syrian city of Raqqa on Sunday. Security forces in the city said one civilian was killed and several others were injured including civilians and militants.<\/p>\n<p>Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) had launched a counterattack against ISIS fighters in eastern Syria, after an ISIS attack in which it was able to retake some territory from the US-backed SDF. ISIS launched this attack in Deir Azzor governorate near the border with Iraq on Friday. Iraqi Shiite militants reinforced their ranks on the border and the Iraqi army said it was ready to counter any attempt by radicals to cross the border.<\/p>\n<p>The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) said that around seventy SDF fighters were killed in the ISIS attack that came during a sand storm in which suicide bombers and women took part. The SDF said that it lost fourteen of its fighters. The spokesman for the US-led coalition forces said that ISIS was able to recapture some territory but the SDF \u201cwould come back with the support of the coalition.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis battle is give and take sometimes like most military fights and we have been saying from the beginning, this will be a difficult struggle,\u201d said Colonel Sean Ryan, the coalition\u2019s spokesman, according to Reuters. UN aid chief Mark Lowcock told the UN Security Council on Monday up to fifteen thousand people remain within the ISIS-controlled area and around seven thousand people have in recent weeks been displaced by fighting from Hajin, the last major stronghold of ISIS in Syria on the eastern bank of the Euphrates River.<\/p>\n<p>Iraq\u2019s Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) said it had reinforced along much of the border with Syria after the SDF was pushed back by ISIS. Iraqi army spokesman Brigadier Yehya Rasool said that the PMF, who were formally integrated into the security forces earlier this year, have indeed reinforced along the border.<\/p>\n<p>Helicopters dropped leaflets to Iraqi forces and tribes warning them of attempts by ISIS fighters to cross the border in retreat from their fight with the SDF, the interior ministry\u2019s security media center said.<\/p>\n<p>On Wednesday, the PMF <a href=\"https:\/\/ara.reuters.com\/article\/topNews\/idARAKCN1N51ND\">said<\/a> \u00a0that it had killed two ISIS commanders who ordered an attack last week on US-backed SDF along the Iraq-Syria border.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h1><strong>Aid Arrives at Rukban<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p><em><strong>3 November 2018<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Reuters<\/p>\n<p>A UN aid convoy reached the Rukban refugee camp in Syria near the border with Jordan on Saturday, a member of the camp\u2019s local council <a href=\"https:\/\/ara.reuters.com\/article\/topNews\/idARAKCN1N80BU\">said<\/a>. The UN said it was delivering food, sanitation and hygiene supplies, and other assistance to fifty thousand people in Rukban camp, an area under the control of opposition militants, in an operation expected to take three to four days.<\/p>\n<p>A UN statement said that the Syrian Arab Red Crescent is also taking part in the convoy, which will also include an emergency vaccination campaign for ten thousand children against measles, polio, and other diseases. \u201cWhile this much-needed delivery is an important achievement, a longer-term solution must be found for the many civilians living in Rukban,\u201d said Ali al-Za\u2019tari, the UN resident and humanitarian coordinator in Syria.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h1><strong>Turkey in All the Details<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p><em><strong>30 October &amp; 1,2 November 2018<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Reuters<\/p>\n<p>There have been various Turkish statements, initiatives, and field movements in regards to the Syrian issue, especially in northern Syria. Turkish officials have given details on the Idlib and Manbej agreements and their statements include a declaration for a new and imminent large-scale military operation. This demonstrates the expansion of the potential Turkish role in Syria\u2019s future alongside the pivotal Russian role.<\/p>\n<p>Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and US President Donald Trump discussed the situation in Manbej and Idlib in northern Syria in a call on Thursday and stressed their determination to strengthen ties between the two countries, the office of the Turkish President <a href=\"https:\/\/ara.reuters.com\/article\/topNews\/idARAKCN1N65HU\">said<\/a>. Turkish and US forces began joint patrols on Thursday in Manbej, which was a source of dispute between the two sides in recent years after Kurdish forces took control over parts of it in a US-backed offensive to oust ISIS in 2016.<\/p>\n<p>The SDF <a href=\"https:\/\/ara.reuters.com\/article\/topNews\/idARAKCN1N71WZ\">said<\/a> on Friday that US forces have started patrolling the Syrian border with Turkey to defuse tensions after threats from Ankara. A spokesman for the US-led coalition said it carries out regular military visits in the region and had not increased patrols.<\/p>\n<p>Turkish forces have shelled positions this week in northern Syria under the control of the SDF, which Washington trains and arms. The SDF, which the Kurdish People\u2019s Protection Units (YPG) spearheads, returned fire and pledged to respond to any more attacks.<\/p>\n<p>Ankara has repeatedly warned it would launch a cross-border offensive east of the Euphrates River in Syria if the US military does not ensure the YPG\u2019s withdrawal. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday vowed to crush Syrian Kurdish fighters east of the Euphrates.<\/p>\n<p>The SDF general command said Turkish attacks led to a pause in its assault against ISIS militants in the eastern Deir Azzor region. Colonel Sean Ryan, spokesman for the US-led coalition, said on Thursday through an email statement that the suspension was still in place while talks continue.<\/p>\n<p>Turkish Defense Minister Hulusi Akar <a href=\"https:\/\/ara.reuters.com\/article\/topNews\/idARAKCN1N647N\">said<\/a> on Thursday that a total of two hundred and sixty thousand Syrians went back to an area north of Syria where Turkey carried out a cross-border operation dubbed \u201cEuphrates Shield\u201d. This came as \u201ca result of the infrastructure work and security and stability in the region provided by the Turkish armed forces,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Turkey hosts more than three and a half million Syrian refugees who fled the conflict in their homeland. Some Turks view them as an economic burden and a threat to jobs.<\/p>\n<p>On Tuesday, Turkey <a href=\"https:\/\/ara.reuters.com\/article\/topNews\/idARAKCN1N40YD\">rejected<\/a> Syrian government accusations that it is not meeting its obligations under an agreement to create a demilitarized zone around the opposition-held Idlib region, saying the deal was being implemented as planned.<\/p>\n<p>Russian President Vladimir Putin said after a four-way summit on Syria with Turkey, Germany, and France on Saturday that Ankara was fulfilling its obligations in Idlib, which with adjacent areas is the last stronghold of the anti-Assad insurgency. However, Syrian Foreign Minister Walid al-Moualem said in comments reported late on Monday that Turkey appeared unwilling to implement the deal. \u201cThe terrorists still exist with their heavy arms in this region and this is an indicator of Turkey\u2019s unwillingness to fulfill its obligations. Thus, Idlib is still under the control of terrorism that is supported by Turkey and the West,\u201d Moualem said in Damascus, according to the official news agency SANA.<\/p>\n<p>Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Turkey was doing its best to fulfill difficult obligations in Idlib, but that \u201cnot everything was going as it was planned\u201d. Russia did not see a threat that the agreement would fail, he added.<\/p>\n<p>The Interfax news agency <a href=\"https:\/\/ara.reuters.com\/article\/topNews\/idARAKCN1N6590\">reported<\/a> that the Russian foreign ministry accused Nusra Front militants in the Syrian Idlib governorate of trying to wreck a Russian-Turkish initiative to create a demilitarized zone in the opposition-held governorate. \u201cThere are still Nusra militants in Idlib who are not stopping their attempts to wreck the implementation of the memorandum that was agreed between Russia and Turkey,\u201d Maria Zakharova, a spokeswoman for the foreign ministry, was cited as saying.<\/p>\n<p>The leaders in the four-way summit stressed the importance of reaching a permanent ceasefire in Syria, saying that the constitution committee must meet before the end of the year. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan told members of the Justice and Development Party on Tuesday that Turkey will ensure a more active international role after the summit.<\/p>\n<p>The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) <a href=\"https:\/\/ara.reuters.com\/article\/topNews\/idARAKCN1N71F9\">said<\/a> that at least eight people were killed on Friday after government forces bombed the opposition-held Idlib governorate \u2013 the highest daily toll since a Russian-Turkish demilitarization zone was set up around the region. The SOHR said the deaths occurred in the town of Jarjanaz, which lies on the inner edge of the 15-20 km deep zone agreed in September.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h1><strong>Syrians\u2019 Mental Health<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p><em><strong>30 October 2018<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Enab Baladi<\/p>\n<p>A public health insurance company in Germany <a href=\"https:\/\/www.enabbaladi.net\/archives\/260268#ixzz5VxAeygwB\">issued<\/a> a survey on the mental and health status of asylum seekers in Germany. According to the study published by Tagesspiegel newspaper on 30 November, more than six hundred thousand refugees and asylum seekers in Germany experienced at least one form of trauma, of which fifty-eight percent experienced repeated mental trauma. The study showed that the Syrians, Iraqis, and Afghans were the most effected due to war experiences they went through in their countries, in addition to their refuge journey before they arrived in Germany.<\/p>\n<p>According to the study, three out of four Syrian, Iraqi, and Afghan refugees were mentally and physically traumatized. The study indicates that the reason behind the mental deterioration for forty percent of the refugees who suffer mental trauma was direct war casualties caused by militants, while one third suffered mental trauma due to reasons related to kidnapping and twenty percent due to torture. The study also says that six percent of the traumatized refugees were victims of rape and sixteen percent of them witnessed killing, physical violence, or torture.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h1><strong>French \u201cArrest\u201d Warrants<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p><em><strong>5 November 2018<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>France issued international arrest warrants against three senior Syrian intelligence officials in regards to the case involving two French-Syrian nationals, according to judicial sources on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>The sources say that the warrants targeted the Chief of the National Security Bureau Major General Ali Mamlouk and two others for \u201ccollusion in torture, crimes against humanity, and war crimes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The warrants were issued on 8 November but were announced on Monday according to the International Federation for Human Rights.<\/p>\n<p>The two other officials are Major General Jamil Hasan, chief of the Airforce Intelligence, and Major General Abdel Salam Mahmoud who is responsible for interrogations in the Airforce Intelligence at the Mazzeh military prison in Damascus. The three officials are wanted in regards to the disappearance of Mazen and Patrick Dabbagh, a father and a son who were arrested in November of 2013. Their trace was lost after their detention in Mazzeh prison according to the International Federation for Human Rights.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The following is a selection by our editors of significant weekly developments in Syria. Depending on events, each issue will include anywhere from four to eight briefs. This series is produced in both Arabic and English in partnership between\u00a0Salon Syria\u00a0and\u00a0Jadaliyya. Suggestions and blurbs may be sent to\u00a0info@salonsyria.com. &nbsp; The Fourth Envoy: Pedersen 31 October 2018 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":89,"featured_media":3478,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[228,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3477","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-syria-in-a-week","category-1"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Syria in a Week (30 October \u2013 5 November 2018) - Salon Syria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.salonsyria.com\/syria-in-a-week-30-october-5-november-2018\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Syria in a Week (30 October \u2013 5 November 2018) - Salon Syria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The following is a selection by our editors of significant weekly developments in Syria. 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