• Country/entity

  Syria
  

• Region

  Middle East and North Africa
  

• Agreement name

  Untitled Agreement [between al-Nusra Front and Free Syrian Army, Mara al-Hurma, Idlib]

• Date

  11 Oct 2014

• Agreement status

  Multiparty signed/agreed

• Interim arrangement

  Yes

• Agreement/conflict level

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

• Stage

  Framework/substantive - partial

• Conflict nature

  Inter-group

• Peace process

  Syrian Local Agreements

• Parties

  Abu Abdullah Toum, Jabhat Al Nusrah [Signed]
  Lt. Col. Gamil Raduon, Free Syrian Army [Signed]
  [illegible third conflict actor]

• Third parties

  The agreement was signed in the presence of: Abu Bakr / Ahrar Al Sham: Commander of the Ahl Al Bayt Brigade [Signed] Abu Al Bara’a [illegible] [Signed] Sheikh Abu [illegible], Jabhat Al Nusrah [Signed] Sheikh Abu Al Nasr [illegible] [Signed]

• Description

  Short agreement agreeing that the Sharia board shall implement the agreement which includes prisoner release, removing 'accidents'[?] related to the incident, ending the state of emergency between the two sides and redirecting fighters to the front lines.

• Agreement document

  SY_141011_Nusra Front and FSA, Mara al-Hurma, Idlib_EN.pdf | Download PDF

• Agreement document (original language)

  SY_141011_Nusra Front and FSA, Mara al-Hurma, Idlib_AR.pdf | Download PDF

Local agreement properties

• Process type

  Formal structured process
  

• Rationale

  -> Local issues only; external support mechanism; culture of signing A formally-established mechanism apparently supported the negotiation between the signing groups, as the negotiation was signed by several witnesse. Moreover, this agreement cannot be linked to the national peace process. Indeed, both groups oppose the rule of Bashar al-Assad in Syria and reject the idea of a national negotiation to solve the conflict.

• 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

  Mara al-Hurma, Idlib governorate

• Nature Of Locale

  City

• GPS Lat/Long (DD)

  35.550139, 36.541128

• Participant type

  Local armed group
  

• Mediator, facilitator or similar

  No mention of mediator or similar

Local issues

In the Name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful

Allah says:

“But no, by your Lord, they will not [truly] believe until they make you, [O Muhammad], judge concerning that over which they dispute among themselves and then find within themselves no discomfort from what you have judged and submit in [full, willing] submission.”

In adherence to Allah’s orders, we, the Free Syrian Army in the northern Hama countryside from the southern Idlib countryside and Jabhat Al Nusra announce the following:

Both sides shall submit to Allah’s laws, to be implemented by an independent Shariah committee that is agreed upon by both sides

All detainees from both sides shall be immediately released

Removing all of the accidents relating to the incident by both sides

Ending the state of preparedness and both sides sending more fighters to the frontlines

Allah is the arbiter of success

The agreement was signed in the presence of:

Abu Bakr / Ahrar Al Sham

Commander of the Ahl Al Bayt Brigade

[Signed]

Abu Al Bara’a

[ILLEGIBLE]

[Signed]

Sheikh Abu [ILLEGIBLE]

Jabhat Al Nusrah

[Signed]

Sheikh Abu Al Nasr

[ILLEGIBLE]

[Signed]

Representatives of the parties to the conflict:

Abu Abdullah Toum

Jabhat Al Nusrah

[Signed]

[ILLEGIBLE]

Lt. Col.

Gamil Raduon

Free Syrian Army

[Signed]