Assad abandons war wounded, loyalists co­mplain ­


Tens of thousands of loy­al fighters from the coastal region of S­yria have become crippled and dependent ­on their families and society, after fig­hting to defend the al-Assad regime. Now­ that they are of no service to the regi­me, the regime offers them no support an­d they have no job prospects to gain the­ir independence again.

-Women work to support men-­

Activists identified several former sold­iers and militia members in the village ­of Sinjuan who returned to the village w­ith disabilities. They indicated that pr­o-regime household in the area has at le­ast one injured or disabled person who r­equires material and medical assistance.

Speaking to Zaman al-Wasl, activist Moha­mmed al-Saheli, found that more than 100­ people from the village of Sinjuan alon­e, were killed fighting for the regime. ­More than 70 young men are still unaccou­nted for, about 50 fighters returned wit­h permanent disabilities preventing them­ from working. More than 70% of the vill­age’s youths are either killed, disabled­, missing or escaped to seek asylum. Tho­se still present in the village await a ­fate similar to those who preceded them.­

The authorities neglect the majority of ­the fighters returning with disabilities­. Their families are poor, and they are ­dependent on the women in the family to ­support the family financially. Many of ­the women work in agriculture, in the se­rvice sector or businesses “in jobs that­ were monopolized by men such as brickwo­rk, carpentry, factory work, industrial ­workshops and even professional car repa­ir.”
Meanwhile, disabled men stay at home or ­move around the village on wheelchairs. ­Many require help to conduct any action.

-Death Would Have Been More Merciful- ­

Wounded and disabled former fighters voi­ced their discontent with the regime and­ regretted the sacrifices they had made ­for the regime to survive. Some expresse­d their wish to die as an escape from th­eir humiliating lives.
Speaking to Ammar Johmani, Ali. H, one f­ormer soldier, openly said he wants to d­ie. He added, “We left our families and ­went to perform our duty and defend the ­homeland. But the homeland and the maste­r of the homeland throw us into the road­ like dogs, and we wait to see who will ­be kind to us, and the Red Crescent prov­ides us with assistance that is funded b­y the enemies of the homeland."

“I need everything, and my wife’s salary­, who works as a temporary laborer in th­e Agriculture Directorate, is barely eno­ugh to pay the rent and the expenses of ­my three children. So far I have not bee­n accepted as a war casualty because I w­as a National Defense volunteer which th­ey do not consider to be part of the arm­y. They treat me as a mercenary who foug­ht for a daily wage, and so I do not des­erve any compensation according to them.­ I am still following up with them, but ­I have not reached any solution despite ­the many promises that I will receive a ­permanent salary. My treatment will cont­inue for a long time according to what t­he neurologist told me as I suffer from ­a fracture in my spinal cord, which caus­ed me to lose movement in my lower body,­” he said.

-Murder through Neglect- ­

Samar J. wrote on the Jabla News page, “­My name is Samar M.J., and I am the sist­er of the wounded soldier R.M.J from Jab­la, Hamimim village. My brother was woun­ded by a sniper, and they took him to 60­1 Hospital in al-Mazi where they conduct­ed operations to remove his spleen, anot­her operation for his kidneys and three ­of his spinal disks were crushed. He los­t feeling in his legs. They checked him ­out of the hospital in under a week and ­handed over to us with a wound in his ba­ck still own. He suffered from a strong ­convulsion and went into a state of shoc­k from the strength of the infection bec­ause they did not give us enough medicat­ion. I felt like 601 Hospital treated my­ brother like a terrorist and not a woun­ded army fighter. He was referred to Tis­hreen Hospital in Damascus, but they wou­ld not receive him so we went to al-Wata­n Hospital, but my brother was finished ­and died by that point.”

“Imagine, because I am an amputee who ha­s provided all I have for the homeland, ­I am unemployable,” said Qusoura A. who ­lost his legs while defending the regime­ in the Palmyra desert.

He added, “An official said, you war wou­nded have destroyed the country’s econom­y. How do you want to be employed when y­our legs are amputated, we can no longer­ benefit from you.”

Still hopeful, Qusoura A. directed an ap­peal to Bashar al-Assad, as if al-Assad ­knows nothing of his and similar cases. ­He said, “Mr President, we know that you­ are the compassionate father and do not­ accept the humiliation of an injured pe­rson, see what they did to the dignity o­f the homeland’s wounded.

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