{"id":63874,"date":"2021-08-22T15:49:55","date_gmt":"2021-08-22T15:49:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/?p=63874"},"modified":"2021-08-22T15:49:56","modified_gmt":"2021-08-22T15:49:56","slug":"government-hands-over-checkpoints-to-pro-iran-militias-in-syrian-desert","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/63874\/","title":{"rendered":"Government hands over checkpoints to pro-Iran militias in Syrian Desert"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>PALMYRA, Syria (North Press) &#8211; <\/strong>On Sunday, government forces withdrew from eight checkpoints on the road between Palmyra and the Sukhna area in the middle of the Syrian Desert, in preparation to hand them over to pro-Iranian factions operating in the area.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The checkpoints were withdrawn towards the Sukhna area and the center of Palmyra city in preparation for their deployment this week in the vicinity of Palmyra and Sukhna only, said Issa al-Kardawi (28), a member of the checkpoint security of the government forces.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The checkpoints will be handed over to Harakat Hezbollah al-Nujaba&nbsp;from the side of Palmyra city, and Liwa Fatemiyoun from the side of the town of Sukhna in the Desert of the eastern countryside of Homs, which is under the control of government forces, he added to North Press.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a><\/a>The Palmyra-Sukhna road is considered a vital economic artery, as it connects the Syrian Desert areas with the capital Damascus. 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