Untitled Agreement [between Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant and Northern Storm Brigade]
- Country/entity
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Syria
- Region
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Middle East and North Africa
- Agreement name
- Untitled Agreement [between Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant and Northern Storm Brigade]
- Date
- 19 Sep 2013
- Agreement status
- Multiparty signed/agreed
- Interim arrangement
- Yes
- Agreement/conflict level
- Intrastate/local conflict
- Stage
- Ceasefire/related
- Conflict nature
- Inter-group
- Peace process
- Syrian Local Agreements
- Parties
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Capt Ahmad Ghazalah [Signed] Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIS; ISIL);
Abu Abdulrahman al-Kuwaiti [Signed] Northern Storm Front - Third parties
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Witnesses:
Abu Tawfiq [signed] (Al-Tawhid Brigade)
Abu Ibrahim al-Shishani (ISIS)
[Note] a brigade is specified to operate as the barrier between the two parties, but the name is illegible. - Description
- Short ceasefire between ISIS and Northern Storm Brigade
- Agreement document
- SY_130919_Ceasefire between ISIS and Northern Storm Brigade_EN.pdf (opens in new tab) | Download PDF
- Agreement document (original language)
- SY_130919_Ceasefire between ISIS and Northern Storm Brigade_AR.pdf (opens in new tab)
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
- Page 1, 5. The reference for any dispute between them will be a Shariah Board [illegible1] of both sides. [comment on translation: shariah in this context could be a mistranslation of legitimate, check original].
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 provisionPage 1, 1. Implementing an immediate ceasefire
- 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
- Page 1, 2. Releasing all detainees who were detained because of the problems within 24 hours from the date of the agreement
- 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
- Page 1, 4. The [ILLEGIBLE] Brigade shall be a barrier between the two sides until the problem in Aghraz ends.
Page 1, 5. The reference for any dispute between them will be a Shariah Board [illegible1] of both sides. - Related cases
No specific mention.
- Source
- ‘Agreement between Amir Kuwaiti from IS and a dissident commander under the auspices of Shishani’, Syria HR, 19 September 2013, http://www.syriahr.com/?p=29446
Source agreement
Untitled Agreement [between Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant and Northern Storm Brigade]
20 April 2013
In the Name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful
All praises be to Allah, and peace and blessings be upon his Prophet
This is what was agreed upon between the two sides:
First:
The Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant
Second:
Northern Storm Brigade
Agreement:
Implementing an immediate ceasefire
Releasing all detainees who were detained because of the problems within 24 hours from the date of the agreement
Returning all of the property taken by both sides
The [ILLEGIBLE] Brigade shall be a barrier between the two sides until the problem in Aghraz ends.
The reference for any dispute between them will be a Shariah Board [illegible] of both sides.
First Party:
Abu Abdulrahman Al Kuwaiti
[Signed]
Second Party:
Capt.
Ahmad Ghazalah
[Signed]
First Witness:
Abu Tawfiq – Al Tawhid Brigade
[Signed]
Second Witness:
Abu Ibrahim Al Shishani
[Signed]
Most likely:
‘consisting’