Syria Keeps Assad Land Seizures

JamrayaFarm families still hold deeds to land under a weapons complex.

Syria’s interim authorities uphold the expropriation law and have not offered to return the land, a Jamraya native writes.

Decree No. 20 of 1983 let the state seize private land, and the Assad government built bases and loyalist housing on it.

The government says the expropriations were legal and all compensation was paid.

Owners halted machinery in late September at Abyat Hills and Sham View, two deals with Saudi developers.

Sources: New Lines Magazine