On July 28, the remaining militants of Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) and the Free Syrian Army (FSA) in the southern governorate of al-Quneitra began handing over their weapons to the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) as a part of an evacuation agreement, which was reached a day earlier.
According to the Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA), the militants handed over an upgraded T-55 battle tank, an up-armored BMP-1 infantry fighting vehicle (IFV), a BRDM-2 amphibious armored patrol vehicle, a D-30 122mm towed howitzer, a modified Grad rocket launcher, three vehicle armed with 14,5mm machineguns and loads of ammunition.
Meanwhile, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) reported that the fourth batch of al-Quneitra militants and their families arrived in the northern governorate of Idlib on July 28. According to the UK-based monitoring group, the batch consisted of 450 militants and civilians.
In the upcoming hours the remaining militants will depart towards Idlib and the SAA will enter the towns of Bariqa, Ufaniyah, Turnejeh, Jubata al-Khashab and Beer Ajam.
Photos of the weapons, which were handed over to the SAA:
Vehicle armed with a 14,5mm machinegun, click to see full size image
Upgraded T-55 battle tank, click to see full-size image
Modified Grad rocket launcher, click to see full-size image
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Up-armored BMP-1 infantry fighting vehicle (IFV), click to see full-size image
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D-30 122mm towed howitzer, click to see full-size image
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BRDM-2 amphibious armored patrol vehicle, click to see full-size image
