Muhammed Anas, Baladi News
Lebanese militia of "Hezbollah" displaced on Sunday more than 400 Syrian families from several villages and towns in Damascus countryside towards Wadi Barada after Hezbollah's members have threatened and warned them of forced displacement or they will punish those who refuse by field liquidation or arrestment.
The media activist, Alaa al-Ahmad, confirmed to Baladi News that Hezbollah's militia displaced 400 Syrian families from their homeland from several villages, including the village of "Afra" towards the villages and towns of Wadi Barada after they have warned them of leaving as soon as possible.
Al-Ahmad said in a private telephone conversation: "forced displacement process and demographic change that the party worked on were given the green light and cover by Syrian regime forces", noting that Hezbollah's militia threatened the people and the displaced with field liquidation against those who refuse to leave their houses or object on the displacement.
The source added that Hezbollah has strengthened these threats by bringing military reinforcements and huge crowds to the outskirts of those towns, adding that many of the neighboring towns that have been displaced received in turn warnings of forced displacement from their towns towards Wadi Barada.
Syrian regime's Republican Guard had worked for the past few days on targeting the residential neighborhoods in the village of "Afra" and others with heavy guns, as well as targeting some of the main roads in order to sow terror and fear in the hearts of the people of those areas before Hezbollah warns them of forced displacement.
It should be noted that Wadi Barada and the villages surrounding it despite signing a ceasefire truce with the regime, they have suffered from a suffocating siege which affected all the living aspects. However, UN aid that had been entered did not meet the basic needs of the people, while the villages and towns of Wadi Barada still suffer from partial siege that affects foodstuffs and the necessary needs which the regime doesn't allow entering except for small daily quantities.
Regime forces had alleviated the brunt of siege on Wadi Barada months ago, along with opening the main road leading to the towns of (Basimah and Ashrafiyat al-Wadi) after a besiegement that lasted for 130 days in exchange for giving access to workshops for maintenance and repair of the damages in the water canals supplying the capital Damascus with drinking waters.