• Country/entity

  Syria
  

• Region

  Middle East and North Africa
  

• Agreement name

  Agreement between Tahrir al-Sham and operations room Fathbatu

• Date

  26 Jun 2020

• 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

  From Tahrir al-Sham
  Abu Hafs Nibsh
  
  From Operations Room Fathbatu
  Abu Abdul al-Allah al-Suri

• Third parties

  -

• Description

  Five point agreement between Tahrir al-Sham and the "Fathbatu" Operation Room providing for a ceasefire in the areas of Arab Saeed and Al-Roj Plain, west of Idlib, and the lifting of barriers and checkpoints, provided that the people of the village of Arab Saeed keep with their personal weapons. Members from both parties accused of violence are brought to the "Turkistan Islamic Party" faction for judicial consideration.

• Agreement document

  SY_200626_HTSandOperationRoomFaIthbobo_EN.pdf | Download PDF

• Agreement document (original language)

  SY_200626_HTSandOperationRoomFaIthbobo_AR.pdf | Download PDF

Local agreement properties

• Process type

  Informal but persistent process
  

• Rationale

  No formally established mechanism supported the negotiation between the two armed groups. 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. Yet, it seems that both signing parties choose to solve their quarrels through agreements. According to external sources, the two parties started negotiating day before in an attempt to bring an end of several days of clashes.

• 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

  Arab Saeed and Al-Roj Plain

• Nature Of Locale

  Region

• GPS Lat/Long (DD)

  35.957064, 36.551876

• Participant type

  Local armed group
  

• Mediator, facilitator or similar

  No mention of mediator or similar

Local issues

In the Name of Allah, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful

It is on Friday, 5 Dhu al-Aqda 1441 AH corresponding to 26/6/2020 AD

The brothers in the Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham and brothers from the operations room “Fa Ithboto [So Stand in English] agreed on the following, concerning the events that take place between the two parties:

1/A ceasefire in ‘Arab Saeed and Al-Roj Plain, and the removal of barriers and alerts between the two sides

2/ The brothers, the sons of Arab Saeed, to remain in the village with their personal weapons.

3/ Those who want to leave ‘Arab Saeed will get out with their personal weapons.

4/ The defendant brothers to be transferred to the al-Turkestan brothers to look into their case in the court.

5/ Close Hurras Bayet al-Din [The Guardians of Religion] headquarters in Arab Saeed and to pledge [Hurras al-Din members] not to set up checkpoints in the village.

From Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham From operations room Fa Ithboto

Abu Hafs Nibsh Abu Abdul al-Allah al-Suri

[Signature] [Signature]

5/11/1441