The Russian "Wagner" company recruits the children of the Harb clan in the Syrian province of Hasaka to fight alongside the forces of retired Major General Khalifa Haftar in Libya, taking advantage of the economic situation of the people .. This is what came in a statement by the clan also mentioned that the recruitment included the children of the "clan" clans in the Qamishli countryside.
The statement said that those who are based on this recruitment take advantage of the bad economic situation as a result of the low value of the exchange of the Syrian pound, and to reduce the prices of agricultural products on which the region depends as an income source, stressing that the first batch of recruits from the tribesmen that includes dozens of young people are sent, and that more of them are collected to send them In a new batch.
He refused and condemned their carrying a similar statement to the tribe of "Bani Sabaa". He refused - like a war clan statement - that made their children human and mercenary shields for the Russian "Wagner" company in Libya to fight alongside Haftar's "defeated" forces, adding that "the children of the clan were placed before two options: death by starvation or To become slave-owners who are sent to an inevitable death. "
Economic situation
These clans extend from the Maalikis to the border triangle that connects Syria with Iraq and Turkey and the entire province of Hasaka, up to Raqqa. These clans form a tribal alliance called "folding", and they are: Harb, Bani Sabaa, Al-Assaf, Al-Harith, Al-Yasar, Al-Jawla, Al-Rashid, Al-Ghanama and Al-Buassi. The spread of this component of the clans in the region gives it the Arab dimension.
The recruiters take advantage of the need of the people of the region for an urgent financial resource, and the area intended here is the Syrian island known as the "Syria food basket", as it is the main producer of wheat, cotton and many crops.
Hassan Al-Handal, a spokesman for the "Harb" clan gathering, told Al-Jazeera Net that the poverty of the region came through the economic damage to the Syrian island during the war years, in addition to the policy of persecution practiced by the father, the father, and the son towards the farmers, where they are forced to sell their products to the system at a price much lower than the normal price. .
Al-Handal added that this recruitment process would not have taken place without the consent of the Syrian regime and Kurdish forces, who share influence in the areas where the clans are distributed.
Contract and assignments
Regarding the recruitment process, Al-Handal said that the procedures are funded by the Russian company "Wagner" through its clients in the region, for $ 200 for each young man they can recruit.
The procedures include signing a contract that does not exceed five months, provided that the fighters ’mission is to protect oil installations in Libya, but in reality they will be thrown into the first lines of combat.
Al-Handal added that, in light of the circumstances, the escalation taking place in Libya and the retreat of Haftar’s forces, “we hold Russia fully responsible for the blood of tribal recruits,” calling on the international community to assume its responsibilities to prevent the exploitation of the need of the Syrians, and to prevent their recruitment as mercenaries to serve various projects.
Recruitment phases
$ 1,000 is an amount to be paid to the conscience's relatives upon affiliation. This is according to the same source. An amount of $ 1,000 or $ 1500 is determined as a monthly compensation, so that the recruits are transferred to a combatant assembly center in the 154th Regiment located south of Qamishli.
After their collection, they are transported to Al-Qamishli airport for screening there. The unqualified persons are transferred to training centers in the governorates of Homs and Lattakia, and those who have combat experience are transferred to the “Hamhamim” air base located southeast of the coastal city of Lattakia, and from there to Libya, where they face an unknown fate.