Turkish-backed SNA hands over 3 government forces to Turkey
ALEPPO, Syria (North Press) – The Turkish-backed armed opposition factions, aka the Syrian National Army (SNA), handed over on Monday three soldiers of the Syrian government forces to the Turkish Intelligence via al-Hammam crossing in Afrin countryside, northwest Syria.
A military source of the Third Legion, affiliated with the SNA, told North Press that an officer and two soldiers of the government forces were handed over to the Turkish Intelligence after coordinating for a few days.
The source said that the officer and the two soldiers were arrested in 2016 in battles between the SNA and the government forces in the city of Aleppo.
The detainees are Adham Salemo, Ali Sahli, and Majed Hayidar, and hail from Latakia Governorate on the Syrian Coast.
The Turkish Intelligence asked al-Jabha al-Shamiya (Levant Front), affiliated with the SNA, to hand them over, according to the source.
A source from the government forces in Latakia told North Press that the government is waiting for Turkey to hand it over soldiers arrested in previous years.