Saraqib Agreement

• Country/entity

  Syria
  
• Region

  Middle East and North Africa
  
• Agreement name

  Saraqib Agreement
• Date

  27 Feb 2018
• Agreement status

  Multiparty signed/agreed
• Interim arrangement

  Yes
• Agreement/conflict level

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

  Ceasefire/related
• Conflict nature

  Inter-group
• Peace process

  Syrian Local Agreements
• Parties

  Hayat Tahrir al-Sham;
  Committee of the Saraqib people
  [14 signatories]
• Third parties

  -
• Description

  Short agreement between local committee and fighter from Hayat Tahrir al-Sham for the withdrawal of HTS from the city. The five points provide for the evacuation of HTS; a removal of their checkpoints; civilians will cooperate with local rebels to maintain security; the exemption of Saraqib from external aggression; that HTS will not pass through the city.

• Agreement document

  SY_180227_Saraqib Islamist Withdrawal Agreement_EN.pdf | Download PDF
• Agreement document (original language)

  SY_180227_Saraqib Islamist Withdrawal Agreement_AR.pdf | Download PDF

Local agreement properties

• Process type

  Isolated example
  
• Rationale

  -> Local issues only; no external support mechanism; no culture of signing The agreement seems to be the result of a once-off negotiation that relates to a specific city. It does not appear that any national or regional mechanism was established to support the negotiation. Finally, the agreement does not seem to relate to a persistent practice or culture of signing agreements.
• Is there a documented link to a national peace process?

  No
• Link to national process: articulated rationale

  The declaration does not contain any mention to the wider peace process in Syria; although it involved the representation of civilian constituencies.
• Name of Locale

  Saraqib
• Nature Of Locale

  City
• GPS Lat/Long (DD)

  35.864321, 36.807689
• Participant type

  Local state actor
  Local armed group
  
• Mediator, facilitator or similar

  No mention of mediator or similar

Local issues

In the name of God, most Gracious, most Compassionate

Glory be to Allah who said:

“Peace is good.”

And according to the words of the Prophet -peace be upon him-:

“And the Muslims will be held to their conditions.”

A legitimate and local committee was formed by the Saraqib people. [

illegible] with the brothers of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham who supported us against [illegible] and supported our demands. [

illegible] keenness to save lives and to prioritise the interest of Muslims in the interest of the faction.

We agreed with them on the following:

1. Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) will evacuate all headquarters inside the city.

2. There will be no HTS military checkpoints inside the city.

3. Civilians will cooperate with the city's rebels [...] to maintain the city’s security and control the [...]1violations.

4. The military emergency prevents the city from any aggression from outside and from any misguidance.

5. Not passing through the city.2

We thank the brothers for [...] and we also appreciate their keenness to save lives.

We ask God

[illegible] and we ask God to save all Muslims from strife.

[14 signatures including HTS]