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INTERVIEWS WITH SYRIAN REFUGEES IN REYHANLI - I ORSAM Isa Mahmoud abu Hikmet: My elder son served his military service near the Lebanese border. They started operations against the villages and those who intended to flee to Lebanon due to the unrest. My son participated for many times, but only the alawites were armed. “They are soldiers, we are soldiers as well, they bring us to the border and villages and make us walk in the front rank of the troop, and then the armed forces shoot at opponents, namely the members of Jaish al Hur (Free Syrian Army),” my son said. When my son told me so, I told him to flee and come. And I also told my son that they use him and people like him as bait. So, my son listened to me and fled. I hid him in my friend’s farm in the rural area. He stayed here for a long time, but I was already being followed. My house was constantly raided, and my family members were all under pressure. They took my money from my pocket and food products from my truck by force for plenty of times. I endured for my son, I put up with it; but lastly my cultivated land and my granary were set on fire, my truck was gone, as well as plenty of my equipments. However, I did not turn my son over to them. People around me including my employees, relatives, and villagers were all exposed to torture. They even reached the merchants, wholesalers in Aleppo. They started to buy less food products from me. First of all I helped my son to flee to Turkey. Then I came to Turkey along with my wife and children. * This interview was made by Feyyat Özyazar in Reyhanlı district of Hatay, on 14 August 2012. An Interview with Nizam Haydar al abu Hashim, a Syrian who fled to Turkey and currently lives in Reyhanlı district of Hatay Nizam Haydar al abu Hashim’s foot is bandaged, some parts of his face is scratched and there is a plaster on his eyebrow. He got injured while fighting against the opponents, but when he saw what the regime forces did in his neighborhood, he took his family along with him and took shelter in Turkey. Nizam Haydar: I come from Sarakib village of Idlib province in Syria. I am 30 years old, and married with 2 children. I own 10 decares of land in the village and ground water, and I plant vegetable garden. We grow seasonal vegetable, and make our living by selling them in the market place. ORSAM: What did you go through in Syria? Can you tell us the reason why you came to Turkey? Nizam Haydar: When the unrest broke out in Syria, they started to recruit military volunteers as well as reserve soldiers. Training units were established in somewhere near Hammadiyah neighborhood of Daraa province which is close to the Jordan borderline. We were trained to fight against the opposition, we were given the necessary instructions and we completely became a soldier in a week. My friends and I did not object as it was a national service, and we followed the orders. We fought against the opposition, some people were injured and some were killed among us. Of course, we also killed lots of opponents. We hindered them from leaking from Jordan, and we patrolled in fugitive routes to Jordan. Meanwhile I talked to my family on the phone. I heard that our village was besieged, that everyone including young and aged people were all tortured by the Assad forces, and that the soldiers started to molest and harass women. I was injured in my unit, and we made a plan to leave our group with a couple of people from my village and to go back to our homes. ORSAM Report No: 157, May 2013 19
ORSAM CENTER FOR MIDDLE EASTERN STRATEGIC STUDIES We stole a military vehicle and came close to Damascus, then we made a deal with a villager and came to our village by another vehicle. Many people were killed, women were molested, houses of some families in good shape were plundered, and people were left in poverty and misery. I was injured by the opponents as a soldier, but I had to take shelter in Turkey as Assad’s soldiers injured my heart. * This interview was made by Feyyat Özyazar in Reyhanlı district of Hatay, on 14 August 2012. An Interview with Muhsin Asım al Huvec abu Talat, a Syrian who fled to Turkey and currently lives in Reyhanlı district of Hatay Muhsin Asım El Huvec, who was forced by the Ba’ath party members to grass on opponents, joined the Free Syrian Army. He had to take shelter in Turkey due to his old age and diseases. Muhsin Asım: I am from Keferderyan village of the Idlib province in Syria. I am a retired postal officer. I am 63 years old, and have 5 children (2 sons, 3 daughters). I started my job by delivering letters and telegraph. I met lots of people in neighboring villages, towns and Idlib province. I established relationships and friendships on every subject. When I was retired, I started to sell beverages, tobacco, vegetable, fruit in a booth 2 km. away from my village on Idlib route. I own a house in my village and a car. Three of my children are public officers, and my other two children are unemployed. ORSAM: What did you go through after the outbreak of unrest in Syria? Could you tell us about the process that brings you to Turkey? Muhsin Asım: When the unrest broke out in Syria, the Assad regime the members of the Ba’ath party in the region asked me to collect information. As they know that I know the neighborhood quite well, they demanded me to grass on people in the opposition and to 20 ORSAM Report No: 157, May 2013
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