matter evolved into smuggling in ammunitions
and military equipment via aid cartons, and this
is what compelled us to quickly intervene and
defeat the mission.
Dābiq: After the Islamic State took over the
camp, there were contradictory reports about
the soldiers of the Aknāf faction. Some of
the reports claimed that they surrendered
themselves to the Nusayrī regime. Others
claimed that they repented and pledged
allegiance to the Islamic State. Others claimed
that they escaped to the territory of the Nusayrī
regime and are fighting alongside it against the
Islamic State. What exactly happened to this
faction? Does it still exist?
Yarmūk: With the Islamic State’s entering of
the camp and the powerful strike that it blew to
Aknāf and the rest of the factions in the region,
Aknāf divided into three parts. The first part
surrendered to the Islamic State and saved their
blood. Their numbers come close to 70. This
was after the situation in front of them became
clear and after they witnessed the treason and
treachery of Aknāf with their own eyes, including
Aknāf ’s leadership leaving for the regime after
being besieged at the outskirts of the camp and
their return to the region from the Sīdī Miqdād
passage after being provided with new plans,
personnel, and munitions for the fight against the
Islamic State. There are testimonies from some of
their members that affirm the regime’s supplying
them with munitions and food and the entering
of regime elements to fight the Islamic State sideby-side with Aknāf.
The second part of Aknāf joined Ahmad Jibrīl’s
“General Command” militia. They and the regime
are currently fighting at the outskirts of the camp.
The third part returned with Aknāf ’s leadership to
the regions of “reconciliation”: Yaldā, Babīlā, and
Bayt Sahm. After they left the camp, the regime
returned them to the area via the Sīdī Miqdād
passage and they now fight with Zahrān ‘Allūsh’s
militia and the other factions against the Islamic
State.
Dābiq: There are reports that some of the
factions would hoard the food sent to the camp,
that a kilogram of rice now costs more than
thirteen thousand Syrian pounds, and that
hundreds have died out of hunger. Is it true
that some of the factions would make income
from the siege at the expense of the Muslims in
the camp? Who are those leaders and factions?
The Yarmūk camp before being
liberated by the Islamic State
Yarmūk: After raiding the camp, the Islamic State
found repositories belonging to Aknāf filled up
with food