HUSSEINIYEH, Syria — A rebel force deployed to a village in southeastern Damascus to cease looters who swarmed a residential complicated and set some flats on fireplace.
The raid by the insurgent drive comes every week after the fighters marched on the Syrian capital of their lightening offensive that compelled Syrian President Bashar Assad to flee, ending 5 a long time of his household rule.
The insurgent fighters have prioritized safety in Damascus, the place there was restricted looting of personal properties and assaults on safety and authorities buildings.
On Sunday, a insurgent drive arrived on the village of Husseiniyeh after looters, together with ladies and youngsters, emptied a residential complicated, strolling away with furnishings, home windows, meals, copper wires and something they will get their fingers on.
“Our issues have been all looted. My home of 25 years is all looted. If they aren’t looting, they’re burning. All the things. As you see. They began as we speak with copper wires,” one resident stated. He then stopped a baby strolling away with a field containing steel cables.
One other resident, a faculty principal, stated her home was looted and he or she was unable to cease it. She scolded the insurgent drive, and a fighter instructed her they are going to arrange a checkpoint within the space to stop the looters, who largely come from a close-by village.
At occasions, looters fired grenades at flats, setting them on fireplace. The residential complicated homes former navy officers and troopers.
The rebels opened fireplace, capturing on the wheels of looters’ vehicles and subsequent to the group to disperse it. No accidents have been reported. Additionally they referred to as on looters nonetheless contained in the buildings at hand themselves in.
Some looters fled, nonetheless hanging on to their booty, whereas the rebels detained a few dozen.
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