Agreement [on payment of diya between Nour al-Din al-Zanki Movement and Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS)]
Country/entity
SyriaRegion
Middle East and North AfricaAgreement name
Agreement [on payment of diya between Nour al-Din al-Zanki Movement and Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS)]Date
2 Feb 2018Agreement status
Multiparty signed/agreedInterim arrangement
YesAgreement/conflict level
Intrastate/local conflict ()Stage
Framework/substantive - partialConflict nature
Inter-groupPeace process
Syrian Local AgreementsParties
Hayat Tahrir al-Sham ;
Nour al-Din al-Zenki Movement;
Victims's families.
[5 signatories total]Third parties
Mediated by third party Sheikh [name illegible]Description
Short agreement stating the payment of diya 'blood money' in reparation for deaths in conflict.
Agreement document (original language)
Local agreement properties
Process type
Isolated exampleRationale
-> Local issues only; no external support mechanism; no culture of signing The agreement relates to the payment of the diya (financial compensation to victims in the case of murder) to two Harakat Nour al-Deen al-Zenki fighters and their families. There were no established mechanisms to support the negotiation; the agreement mentions a “meeting”. The agreement cannot be placed within the context of a systematic process of local agreements.Is there a documented link to a national peace process?
NoLink 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. Finally, the agreement should be understood in the context of an “intra-religious insurgent groups” conflict where several factions that all oppose Bashar al-Assad engaged in fighting and took some distance from their initial raison d’être in the context of the Syrian civil war.Name of Locale
NANature Of Locale
SmallerGPS Lat/Long (DD)
36.285172, 36.851106Participant type
Local armed group
Domestic religious organisation/leader or other elder
Local community/civilian group(s)/civil society organisationsMediator, facilitator or similar
Mediator or similar referred toMediator (references)
Sheikh (name illegible) and victims’ familiesType of mediator/facilitator/similar
Local armed group Domestic religious organisation/leader or other elder Local community/civilian group(s)/civil society organisations
Local issues
- Ritual/prayer and process (including use of scripture)Page 1, In the name of God, most Gracious, most Compassionate
Page 1, Praise be to Allah and peace and blessings be upon the Messenger of Allah... but now:
Page 1, May God make this action a reason in succeeding this blessed revolution. - Grievance ListPage 1, There was a meeting on Friday 17 of Jamadi al-Awal with the mediation of Sheikh [illegible] and the victims’ families whose relatives were killed in the recent dispute between Hayat Tahrir al-Sham
the Nour al-Din al-Zenki Movement. The diya was paid and everyone were given their rights.
Page 1, Payment, equivalent of a total amount of 46 thousand dollars, between Hayat Tahrir al-Sham and
the Nour al-Din al-Zenki Movement [was made] 02/02/2018. - Cattle rustling/banditry
No specific mention.
- Social cover
No specific mention.
In the name of Allah, the Beneficient, the Merciful
Praise be to Allah and peace and blessings be upon the Messenger of Allah… but now:
There was a meeting on Friday 17 of Jamadi al-Awal with the mediation of Sheikh [illegible] and the victims’ families whose relatives were killed in the recent dispute between Hayat Tahrir al-Sham and the Nour al-Din al-Zenki Movement.
The diya1 was paid and everyone were given their rights.
May God make this action a reason in succeeding this blessed revolution.
Payment, equivalent of a total amount of 46 thousand dollars, between Hayat Tahrir al-Sham and the Nour al-Din al-Zenki Movement [was made] 02/02/2018.
Published:
2/2/2018
Hayat Tahrir al-Sham delegate
The Nour al-Din al-Zenki Movement delegate
[5 signatories]