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Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) Positive Response to initiative

  • Country/entity

    Syria
  • Region

    Middle East and North Africa
  • Agreement name

    Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) Positive Response to initiative
  • Date

    19 Jul 2017
  • Agreement status

    Unilateral document
  • Interim arrangement

    Yes
  • Agreement/conflict level

  • Stage

    Ceasefire/related
  • Conflict nature

    Inter-group
  • Peace process

    Syrian Local Agreements
  • Parties

    Harikat Tahrir al-Sham; Harikat Ahrar al-Sham.
  • Third parties

    -
  • Description

    Statement issued as part of a sequence of statements responding to an initiative to end the ongoing conflict between Harikat Tahrir al-Sham and Harikat Ahrar al-Sham in Idlib. Statement commits to ceasefire in response to focusing energy elsewhere.


Groups

  • Children/youth

    No specific mention.

  • Disabled persons

    No specific mention.

  • Elderly/age

    No specific mention.

  • Migrant workers

    No specific mention.

  • Racial/ethnic/national group

    No specific mention.

  • Religious groups

    No specific mention.

  • Indigenous people

    No specific mention.

  • Other groups

    No specific mention.

  • Refugees/displaced persons

    No specific mention.

  • Social class

    No specific mention.


Gender

  • Women, girls and gender

    No specific mention.

  • Men and boys

    No specific mention.

  • LGBTI

    No specific mention.

  • Family

    No specific mention.


State definition

  • Nature of state (general)

    No specific mention.

  • State configuration

    No specific mention.

  • Self determination

    No specific mention.

  • Referendum

    No specific mention.

  • State symbols

    No specific mention.

  • Independence/secession

    No specific mention.

  • Accession/unification

    No specific mention.

  • Border delimitation

    No specific mention.

  • Cross-border provision

    No specific mention.


Governance

  • Political institutions (new or reformed)

    No specific mention.

  • Elections

    No specific mention.

  • Electoral commission

    No specific mention.

  • Political parties reform

    No specific mention.

  • Civil society

    No specific mention.

  • Traditional/religious leaders

    No specific mention.

  • Public administration

    No specific mention.

  • Constitution

    No specific mention.


Power sharing

  • Political power sharing

    No specific mention.

  • Territorial power sharing

    No specific mention.

  • Economic power sharing

    No specific mention.

  • Military power sharing

    No specific mention.


Human rights and equality

  • Human rights/RoL general

    No specific mention.

  • Bill of rights/similar

    No specific mention.

  • Treaty incorporation

    No specific mention.

  • Civil and political rights

    No specific mention.

  • Socio-economic rights

    No specific mention.


Rights related issues

  • Citizenship

    No specific mention.

  • Democracy

    No specific mention.

  • Detention procedures

    No specific mention.

  • Media and communication

    No specific mention.

  • Mobility/access

    No specific mention.

  • Protection measures

    No specific mention.

  • Other

    No specific mention.


Rights institutions

  • NHRI

    No specific mention.

  • Regional or international human rights institutions

    No specific mention.


Justice sector reform

  • Criminal justice and emergency law

    No specific mention.

  • State of emergency provisions

    No specific mention.

  • Judiciary and courts

    No specific mention.

  • Prisons and detention

    No specific mention.

  • Traditional Laws
    Due to the incidents of killing and blood shed between our brothers in Harikat Ahrar al- Sham and Tahrir al-Sham that grieve the heart and destroy it. At this critical stage we need to preserve remaining energies and land to fight our enemies. [Thus], we celebrate and agree to this good initiative which has helped resolve our dispute. We call on our brothers in Tahrir al-Sham and Harikat Ahrar al-Sham to end the fighting between them, arbitrate [according to] the law of Allah, and respond to the good initiative that has launched a virtuous project.

Socio-economic reconstruction

  • Development or socio-economic reconstruction

    No specific mention.

  • National economic plan

    No specific mention.

  • Natural resources

    No specific mention.

  • International funds

    No specific mention.

  • Business

    No specific mention.

  • Taxation

    No specific mention.

  • Banks

    No specific mention.


Land, property and environment

  • Land reform/rights

    No specific mention.

  • Pastoralist/nomadism rights

    No specific mention.

  • Cultural heritage

    No specific mention.

  • Environment

    No specific mention.

  • Water or riparian rights or access

    No specific mention.


Security sector

  • Security Guarantees

    No specific mention.

  • Ceasefire
    Security sector→Ceasefire→Ceasefire provision
    Due to the incidents of killing and blood shed between our brothers in Harikat Ahrar al- Sham and Tahrir al-Sham that grieve the heart and destroy it. At this critical stage we need to preserve remaining energies and land to fight our enemies. [Thus], we celebrate and agree to this good initiative which has helped resolve our dispute. We call on our brothers in Tahrir al-Sham and Harikat Ahrar al-Sham to end the fighting between them, arbitrate [according to] the law of Allah, and respond to the good initiative that has launched a virtuous project.
  • Police

    No specific mention.

  • Armed forces

    No specific mention.

  • DDR

    No specific mention.

  • Intelligence services

    No specific mention.

  • Parastatal/rebel and opposition group forces

    No specific mention.

  • Withdrawal of foreign forces

    No specific mention.

  • Corruption

    No specific mention.

  • Crime/organised crime

    No specific mention.

  • Drugs

    No specific mention.

  • Terrorism

    No specific mention.


Transitional justice

  • Transitional justice general

    No specific mention.

  • Amnesty/pardon

    No specific mention.

  • Courts

    No specific mention.

  • Mechanism

    No specific mention.

  • Prisoner release

    No specific mention.

  • Vetting

    No specific mention.

  • Victims

    No specific mention.

  • Missing persons

    No specific mention.

  • Reparations

    No specific mention.

  • Reconciliation

    No specific mention.


Implementation

  • UN signatory

    No specific mention.

  • Other international signatory

    No specific mention.

  • Referendum for agreement

    No specific mention.

  • International mission/force/similar

    No specific mention.

  • Enforcement mechanism

    No specific mention.

  • Related cases

    No specific mention.

  • Source
    al-Bab Security Agreement

Harikat Tahrir al-Sham Response to Pre-Negotiation Agreement, 19 July 2017

In the name of Allah, the Beneficial, the Merciful

“So fear Allah, and keep straight the relations between yourselves:

Obey Allah and His Messenger, if ye do believe”1

Due to the incidents of killing and blood shed between our brothers in Harikat Ahrar al-Sham and Tahrir al-Sham that grieve the heart and destroy it.

At this critical stage we need to preserve remaining energies and land to fight our enemies. [

Thus], we celebrate and agree to this good initiative which has helped resolve our dispute.

We call on our brothers in Tahrir al-Sham and Harikat Ahrar al-Sham to end the fighting between them, arbitrate [according to] the law of Allah, and respond to the good initiative that has launched a virtuous project.

Tawfiq Shahab al-Din