Ahmed al-Sharaa rejects the Algerian request to hand over the Algerian fighters in the ranks of Assad, and they will be tried… How many are there?

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1. SS: a translated quote from the article

   > Monte Carlo reporter in Damascus, Adi Mansour, pointed out that Syrian President Ahmad al-Shara rejected a request made by Algerian Foreign Minister Ahmed Ataf regarding the release of detainees from the Algerian army and the **Polisario** militias.

   > Mansour explained that these detainees had been fighting alongside Bashar al-Assad’s forces around Aleppo, and they were captured by Hayat Tahrir al-Sham during the attack launched in late November, which led to the fall of the regime.

   > According to our correspondent, al-Shara informed the Algerian Foreign Minister that the Algerian military personnel, including generals and about 500 soldiers from the Algerian army and the **Polisario** militias, would be tried along with the remnants of Assad’s forces who were captured.

   The interesting part I wanna highlight is that the Polisario Front (the group that proclaimed the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic, or SADR, i.e., Western Sahara) was among the detainees, this further supports Morocco’s claim that the Polisario is a destabilizing force in the region.

   Another expected outcome could be the new Syrian government dropping its support for the Polisario once they get their government sorted out, Assad has supported the group since the 1970s, but with Morocco’s longstanding opposition to Assad’s regime and Algeria’s loyal support for it until the last moment, Syria may reconsider its position.

2. vae victis i guess they aren’t in any position to lecture others about foreing fighters but thats what happens when you lose i wouldn’t expect Assad to had behaved diferently unless heavely preasured by the russians.

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