HTS Salvation Government run corruption in northwestern Syria’s camps
IDLIB, Syria (North Press) – Local sources revealed on Tuesday that officials of the General Administration of the Displaced Affairs affiliated with the Salvation Government of the Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), take bribes and run corruption regarding the distribution of relief materials in the camps of northwestern Syria.
“The Administration of the Displaced Affairs distributes relief materials to some camps while it deprives others in exchange for some officials in the local councils giving up a percentage of the aid in favor of the Salvation Government,” the sources told North Press.
“Some IDP camps in north of Idlib receive continuous relief support, while other camps live in difficult humanitarian conditions that requiring the minimum necessities of life like bread and water,” the sources added.
The sources stated, the shops for buying and selling relief materials are spread in most markets of Idlib, as they have become a source of livelihood for officials and employees of the Displaced Affairs’ Administration.
The Salvation Government institutions control organizations and associations that receive support to establish charitable projects and camps, in order to seize support and take contracts in their favor, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.
Camps’ residents in northwestern Syria are suffering from poor conditions and a lack of services, amid appeals to the humanitarian organizations and local councils to alleviate the suffering and to provide medicines and heating means, but to no avail.
The suffering increases in winter, as rain has washed away several camps.
The opposition-held areas in northwestern Syria are witnessing a state of chaos at all fields, accompanied by killings and assassinations through the repeated explosions.
On November 24, 2020, the US State Department “Reward for Justice” program announced a financial reward of $10 million for information on the leader of the Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (formerly al-Nusra Front) terrorist organization, Abu Muhammad al-Jolani.