Agreement [on payment of diya between Nour al-Din al-Zanki Movement and Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS)]

• Country/entity

  Syria
  
• Region

  Middle East and North Africa
  
• Agreement name

  Agreement [on payment of diya between Nour al-Din al-Zanki Movement and Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS)]
• Date

  2 Feb 2018
• 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

  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

  SY_180203_Monetary exchange and ceasefire between HTS and NoureddineZanki Movement_EN.pdf | Download PDF
• Agreement document (original language)

  SY_180203_Monetary exchange and ceasefire between HTS and NoureddineZanki Movement_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 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?

  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. 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

  NA
• Nature Of Locale

  Smaller
• GPS Lat/Long (DD)

  36.285172, 36.851106
• Participant type

  Local armed group
  Domestic religious organisation/leader or other elder
  Local community/civilian group(s)/civil society organisations
  
• Mediator, facilitator or similar

  Mediator or similar referred to
  Mediator (references)

  Sheikh (name illegible) and victims’ families
  Type of mediator/facilitator/similar

  Local armed group Domestic religious organisation/leader or other elder Local community/civilian group(s)/civil society organisations

Local issues

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]