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General Assembly Security Council Sixty-Eighth Session Sixty-Eighth Year Agenda Item 110 Measures to Eliminate International Terrorism United Nations A/68/646–S/2013/723 General Assembly Distr.: General 11 December 2013 Security Council English Original: Arabic General Assembly Security Council Sixty-eighth session Sixty-eighth year Agenda item 110 Measures to eliminate international terrorism Identical letters dated 6 December 2013 from the Permanent Representative of the Syrian Arab Republic to the United Nations addressed to the Secretary-General and the President of the Security Council On instructions from my Government, I wish to transmit the following information: The Ministry for Foreign Affairs and Expatriates of the Syrian Arab Republic has sent several letters to the Secretary-General of the United Nations and the President of the Security Council regarding the support provided by neighbouring and other States to armed terrorist groups, which have the Government and people of Syria in their sights. The Ministry now wishes to remind you of the significant assistance extended to those groups by the Turkish authorities in flagrant violation of the authoritative international resolutions, including the relevant Security Council resolutions. Security Council resolution 1373 (2001) reaffirms the principle established by the General Assembly in its declaration of October 1970 (resolution 2625 (XXV)) and reiterated by the Security Council in its resolution 1189 (1998), namely that every State has the duty to refrain from organizing, instigating, assisting or participating in terrorist acts in another State or acquiescing in organized activities within its territory directed towards the commission of such acts. Paragraph 2 of resolution 1373 (2001) provides as follows: [The Security Council] decides also that all States shall: (a) Refrain from providing any form of support, active or passive, to entities or persons involved in terrorist acts, including by suppressing recruitment of members of terrorist groups and eliminating the supply of weapons to terrorists (...); (c) Deny safe haven to those who finance, plan, support, or commit terrorist acts, or provide safe havens; 13-61487 (E) 241213 261213 *1361487* A/68/646 S/2013/723 (d) Prevent those who finance, plan, facilitate or commit terrorist acts from using their respective territories for those purposes against other States or their citizens; It is therefore deplorable that the Turkish Government has provided training, logistical support and safe haven for terrorist groups, facilitating the transfer of terrorists and weapons into Syria. Those actions are a blatant violation of the authoritative international resolutions, including resolution 1373 (2001). The Turkish authorities have systematically facilitated the flow of terrorists and weapons into numerous areas including Bab al-Hawa, Fawz, Ayn al-Bayda’, Khirbat al-Jawz, Rayhaniyah, Gazalah village, Tall al-Dhahab and Atimah. They are supporting groups that have committed daily terrorist crimes against the Syrian people and State institutions and infrastructure. Hospitals, educational institutions, Islamic and Christian places of worship, diplomatic missions and even children in schools and school buses have not been spared. Some examples of the direct involvement of the Turkish authorities in supporting terrorist groups in Syria are set out below: – On 4 September 2012, Turkish and Qatari intelligence officers met on Turkish territory following the arrival of 650 Al-Qaida terrorists from Yemen. They helped the terrorists to enter Syrian territory in three groups in order to join the terrorist groups active in the country. – On 25 September 2012, the Turkish authorities helped a terrorist group to enter Syrian territory in a convoy of vehicles armed with DShK (Dushka) guns. The competent Syrian authorities intercepted the convoy and destroyed 27 vehicles. – On 1 and 2 October 2012, terrorist groups infiltrated the Khirbat al-Jawz and Ghazalah areas with assistance from the Turkish authorities. They were intercepted by the competent Syrian authorities, who killed a large number of them, including the Turkish terrorist Hamzah Muhammad Akbar. The remainder fled back into Turkish territory. – On 9 October 2012, 1,000 Turkish soldiers crossed from Turkey into the Atimah area of Syria, where some of them took part in fighting in Aleppo and Atarib. – On 5 and 6 December 2012, the Turkish authorities opened the border, allowing armed men to enter Syria. Large numbers of terrorists, who had reached Turkey on Turkish and Qatari aircraft, were able to enter and leave Syria freely. The operation was supervised by Turkish officers. – In the final months of 2012, the Turkish Government hosted large numbers of terrorists of various origins, particularly Libya, Chechenya and Kazakhstan. It built training camps on the Turkish-Syrian border and helped numerous terrorists, including 2,000 Libyan nationals, to enter Syria. – On 18 November 2012, large numbers of Turkish convoys reached the Turkish village of Siba‘, opposite the Syrian town of Harim. They were transporting 3,000 terrorists of various origins, including Afghans, Chechens and nationals of the Gulf States, who were bound for Syria. – On 15 January 2013, an armed group comprising some 150 terrorists travelling on four buses reached the Turkish village of Yayladağı on their way to Syria, 2/13 13-61487 A/68/646 S/2013/723 where they would provide reinforcements to armed terrorists in Rabi‘ah district, Ladhiqiyah governorate. – In February 2013, the Turkish Government sent a 30-man Turkish Army unit to support armed terrorist gangs in the Ra’s al-‘Ayn area of Hasakah. Most of its members were killed or wounded. Two have been identified as Mahmut Öğunç and Mahmut Etendürüm. – In May 2013, a number of terrorists with military experience and information and communication technology skills entered Syria after training on Turkish territory. Their names include the following: • The Yemeni national Khalid al-Hadir, a member of Al-Qaida in the Hijaz who fought in Afghanistan and Yemen. • The Libyan officer Abdullah al-Takkari, who fought with the Belhadj division in Libya. • The Saudi national Mash‘al al-Salih, who fought in Afghanistan and Yemen. • The Saudi national Abdulsalam al-‘Arifi, who fought in Iraq. • The Kuwaiti national Mutawi‘ al-‘Uthman, who fought in Iraq and Afghanistan. Annexed hereto is a list of the names of 546 Yemeni terrorists who have crossed the border from Turkey into Syria in order to commit terrorist acts. In bringing this significant information to your attention, the Government of the Syrian Arab Republic again calls on the Security Council to assume its responsibilities and, in accordance with its remit under the Charter and the relevant resolutions, to take swift action against the terrorists who are targeting the Syrian Government and people and to hold their sponsors accountable. The Syrian Arab Republic has sent scores of letters concerning the savage terrorist acts committed against Syria. Of those letters, 76 refer to terrorist activities connected with Al-Qaida, and nine were addressed to the Chair of the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1373 (2001). However, no practical measures have been taken against the terrorists or hold their State sponsors to account. I should be grateful if the present letter and its annex could be circulated as a document of the General Assembly, under agenda item 110, and of the Security Council. (Signed) Bashar Ja’afari Ambassador Permanent Representative 13-61487 3/13 A/68/646 S/2013/723 Annex to the identical letters dated 6 December 2013 from the Permanent Representative of the Syrian Arab Republic to the United Nations addressed to the Secretary-General and the President of the Security Council Ahmad Sa‘id al-Haddad — mother’s Khalid Ahmad Nu‘man al-‘Amri — Ali Nasir al-‘Abdullah name: Aminah — born in 1974 mother’s name: Sayyidah Ahmad Ali Salih Sa‘dan — mother’s Ali Muhammad Abdullah Hasan Muhsin Sa‘dun name: Katibah — born in 1975 Mubarak — mother’s name: Ra’isah — born in 1975 Ahmad Isma‘il Husayn al-Jilani, Yahya Hasan Mansur al-Sa’ibi — Mubarak Amin Ahmad mother’s name: Fatimah — born in mother’s name: Katibah — born in 1972 1979 Zayd Ali Ahmad al-Sa‘idi — Yasir Abdulmalik Hashim Ali al-Warith Muhammad al-Tayyib mother’s name: Lutfiyah — born in al-Hamli — mother’s name: 1980 Hammudah — born in 1981 Husayn Ahmad Hadi al-‘Arab — Ibrahim Awad Ahmad Khudri — Samih Ma‘n al-Mur‘i mother’s name: Atiqah — born in mother’s name: Shafiyah — born in 1979 1981 Altaf Ali Ahmad Sa‘id al-Ta’ifi — Muhammad Abdullah Ahmad Muhammad Husayn al-Jash‘i mother’s name: Qiblah — born in al-‘Atmi — mother’s name: 1976 Nasiyah — born in 1980 Salim Mubarak al-Tabyani — Sa‘id Muhammad al-Shabibi — Amin Adil al-Raymi mother’s name: Taqiyah — born in mother’s name: Fawziyah — born in 1974 Hadramawt in 1977 Muti‘ Ali Hamid al-Mas‘udi — Yahya Sa‘id al-‘Udhri — mother’s Husayn Khalid al-Shamali mother’s name: Mahsulah — born in name: Taqiyah — born in Dhamar in 1977 1978 Talib Salim al-Subati — mother’s Hasan Abduh Ahmad Hasan — Ali Ahmad Adla‘i name: Barakah — born in 1979 mother’s name: Shafiqah — born in Hudaydah in 1984 Mansur Yahya Husayn al-Madsi — Salim Ahmad Aslah Mahram Ali Udayni mother’s name: Jum‘ah — born in 1980 Abdulqawi Muhammad al-Qahtani Mahir Hasan al-Mikhlafi Hassan Ali al-Jabiri Hasan Ali Yusuf Muhammad Fa’id al-Hamadani Muhammad Yahya al-Amiri Abdulwahid Muhammad Fawzi Abdullah Naji al-Sharif Abdulfattah Bakri Hashim Ali al-Khuduri Naji Salih al-‘Askari Muhammad Ali al-‘Asrani — mother’s name: Nazihah — born in Bayda’
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