Decree of the civil administration in the villages of Jbala and Ma'aratamatar

• Country/entity

  Syria
  
• Region

  Middle East and North Africa
  
• Agreement name

  Decree of the civil administration in the villages of Jbala and Ma'aratamatar
• Date

  28 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

  Head of the Jbala Local Council [Signed];
  Head of the Ma’aratamatar Local Council [Signed];
  "military officials from all of the groups that have a presence in the village"
• Third parties

  -
• Description

  5 point agreement between two local councils and military officials from all groups that have a presence in the village. Agreement provides for (1) sparing the villages from combat; (2) that all fighters are on one side and operate under the command of the councils; (3) the armed groups may not use the roads in the villages; (4) that they will not barrack there; (5) that justice is individual and not collective.

• Agreement document

  SY_180228_Decree of the civil administration in the villages of Jbala and Ma'aratamatar_EN.pdf | Download PDF
• Agreement document (original language)

  SY_180228_Decree of the civil administration in the villages of Jbala and Ma'aratamatar_AR.pdf | Download PDF

Local agreement properties

• Process type

  Isolated example
  
• Rationale

  -> Local issues only; no external support mechanism; no culture of signing (ad hoc) The document is a once-off declaration that relates to a specific and localised series of clashes and its consequences. It does not appear that any national or regional mechanism was established to support the negotiation. Finally, the declaration 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

  [Summary] Agreement appears independent from the national process but involves local governance actors representing civilian constituencies. Considering the fighters under village control, which appear to include factions of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham and Harikat Tahrir Suriyya, they are not official 'state' representatives.
• Name of Locale

  Jbala [Jabal], Ma'aratamatar [Maar Tamater]
• Nature Of Locale

  Region
• GPS Lat/Long (DD)

  35.573888, 36.556102
• Participant type

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

  No mention of mediator or similar

Local issues

In the Name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful

Decree of the civil administration in the villages of Jbala and Ma'aratamatar, which is represented by the two local councils.

Due to the situation that the area is going through, a meeting was held between the two local councils and military officials from all of the groups that have a presence in the village, where the following was decided:

1- Completely sparing the villages of Jbala and Ma’aratamatar from this fighting

2- All of the fighters, from all groups, that are in the two villages are on the same side and operate under the local councils of the two villages

3- Armed groups are not allowed to use roads in the two villages

4- There are no military bases in the two villages

5- Any person that violates any of the provisions of tis agreement is treated as an individual and does not represent the villages

Written on 28/2/2018

Head of the Jbala Local Council

[Signed]

[Seal:

Technical Services / Jbala Local Council]

Head of the Ma’aratamatar Local Council

[Signed]

[Seal:

Technical Services