• Country/entity

  Syria
  

• Region

  Middle East and North Africa
  

• Agreement name

  Minutes of Agreement (between Ahrar al-Sham (AAS) and Jaysh al-Fatah, Idlib)

• Date

  21 Jul 2016

• Agreement status

  Multiparty signed/agreed

• Interim arrangement

  Yes

• Agreement/conflict level

  Intrastate/local conflict ( Syrian Conflicts (1948 - ) (1976 - 2005) (2011 - ) )

• Stage

  Pre-negotiation/process

• Conflict nature

  Inter-group

• Peace process

  Syrian Local Agreements

• Parties

  Side one: Harakat Ahrar al-Sham al-Islamiyya, represented by Brother Doctor Hussein and Abu Ahmed Tarmanin, member of the Shura of Jaysh al-Fatah [Signed]
  
  Side two: Jund al-Aqsa, represented by Brother Khalid Khatib and Abu Hashim Miri, member of the Shura Council of al-Fatah [Signed]

• Third parties

  Judicial Committee of Jaysh al-Fatah : Sheikh Abdu al-Rizaq al-Mahdi, Abu Jabir al-Hamawi, Abu al-Harith al-Misri, Abu Islam al-Hamawi (and) al-Mu’tasim b-Allah al-Jazrawi.

• Description

  Ruling issued by the Presidency of the Shura Council of Idlib on behalf of the Idlib Judicial Committee of Jaysh al-Fatah providing for 9 items: (1) that the dispute be solved by the Judicial Committee; (2) that barracades be pulled back; (3, 4 & 5) that the prisoners and dead are exchanged; (6 & 7) assigning representatives from both parties; and that (8) the media hostilities end and to solve the 'judicial file' as soon as possible.

• Agreement document

  SY_160721_Minutes of Agreement_EN.pdf | Download PDF

• Agreement document (original language)

  SY_160721_Minutes of Agreement_AR.pdf | Download PDF

Local agreement properties

• Process type

  Formal structured process
  

• Rationale

  -> Local issues only; external support mechanism; culture of signing There is a formally established local mechanism to support the negotiation between the two Salafi armed groups (Judicial Committee). Moreover, it seems that both signing parties choose to solve daily pragmatic issues related to their armed struggle through agreements. Although one cannot speak of a “culture” of singing peace agreements, the parties are involved (in a non-proactive and non-conscious way) in a persistent practice of signing local agreements.

• Is there a documented link to a national peace process?

  No

• Link to national process: articulated rationale

  No link to the national peace process in Syria is mentioned in the agreement, neither it can be inferred from further research. First, the agreement does not involve local governance actors; and the signing parties themselves are not official state representative. Second, all parties to the agreement reject the national peace process, as it would maintain Bashar al-Assad and the Syrian government in power.

• Name of Locale

  Oram

• Nature Of Locale

  City

• GPS Lat/Long (DD)

  35.791500, 36.568143

• Participant type

  Local armed group
  

• Mediator, facilitator or similar

  Mediator or similar referred to

  Mediator (references)

  Judicial Committee of Jaysh al-Fatah : Sheikh Abdu al-Rizaq al-Mahdi, Abu Jabir al-Hamawi, Abu al-Harith al-Misri, Abu Islam al-Hamawi (and) al-Mu’tasim b-Allah al-Jazrawi.

  Type of mediator/facilitator/similar

  Local armed group Domestic religious organisation/leader or other elder

Local issues

In the name of Allah the Merciful

Date:

16/10/1437 Jaysh al-Fatah

Corresponding date:

21/07/2016

Presidency of the Shura Council of Idlib

Minutes of Agreement

Side one:

Harakat Ahrar al-Sham al-Islamiyya, represented by Brother Doctor Hussein and Abu Ahmed Tarmanin, member of the Shura of Jaysh al-Fatah.

Side two:

Jund al-Aqsa, represented by Brother Khalid Khatib and Abu Hashim Miri, member of the Shura Council of al-Fatah.

Have agreed to refer the current dispute in Oram between the two sides to the following Judicial Committee:

Sheikh Abdu al-Rizaq al-Mahdi, Abu Jabir al-Hamawi, Abu al-Harith al-Misri, Abu Islam al-Hamawi (and) al-Mu’tasim b-Allah al-Jazrawi.

The following terms have been agreed:

The problem will be referred to the Judicial Committee.

The two sides will pull back their barricades.

The deceased Jund al-Aqsa soldiers will immediately be handed over to the Executive Force of Jaysh al-Fatah.

The deceased of Harakat Ahrar al-Sham al-Islamiyya will be handed over to their families after a medical examiner has seen them.

Both sides will immediately release their detainees.

Brother Doctor Hussein will be the one responsible for bringing any items from Harakat Ahrar al-Sham al-Islamiyya upon the request of the Council of Justice of Jaysh al-Fatah.

Brother Khalid Khatib will be the one responsible for bringing any items from Jund al-Aqsa upon the request of the Council of Justice of Jaish al-Fatah.

Both sides will cease their media escalation.

The judicial file will be terminated as soon as possible.

Side one, Doctor Hussein [illegible]

Side two, Khaled Khatib [illegible]

Members of the Presidency of the Shura Council of Idlib

- Abdi al-Rahmin al-Zurba [illegible]

- Abu al-Hassan [illegible]

- Bundur al-Jazrawi [illegible]

- Abu Ibrahim [illegible]