Syria’s AANES soon ratifies Anti-Terrorism Law

RAQQA, Syria (North Press) – General Council of the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria (AANES) will soon ratify the Anti-Terror Law, Farid Atti, co-chair of the AANES General Council said on Saturday.

Two days ago, the Legal Committee of the General Council finished discussing the articles of the Anti-Terrorism Law.

The Legal Committee held a meeting to discuss the articles of the law in the presence of the Council’s governing body and representatives of the Social Justice Council of the AANES. 

Atti told North Press that the law consists of 20 articles discussed by the General Council after being referred by the Social Justice Council.

The official pointed out that the law sets the penalty for perpetrators of terrorist activities with three years’ imprisonment as a minimum, with a maximum penalty of life imprisonment.

Anyone who belongs to a terrorist organization or organize a terrorist act targeting security and stability, whether he is an organized member, funder, participant, or instigator of terrorist acts, shall be punished with this penalty, according to Atti.

Reporting by Ammar Abdullatif