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DeirEzzor24 exclusive report:
Several complaints were received from the people of Deir Ezzor traveling towards the city of Homs or vice versa, about the practices of the Military Security detachment in the Shanchar area of Homs , whose members practice extortion against travelers from Deir Ezzor to pay sums of money in exchange for not obstructing them.
The detachment, according to the correspondent of DeirEzzor24, is located 100 meters from a number of travelers’ rest houses, the most important of which is the Al-Asi and Al-Salam Rest. .
The required amount of extortion in these breaks ranges between at least 50,000 Syrian pounds and one million pounds for those wanted for compulsory or reserve service, in addition to looting items and looting mobile phones, while some people coming from Lebanon prefer to travel from Homs to Damascus and cut tickets to Deir Ezzor directly to avoid being cut off. From the rest stops of Homs.
The passenger buses “Bulmanat” coming from Damascus stop at night for several hours in the rest houses of Homs, due to the inability to continue walking at night due to the insecurity on the Deir Ezzor road, and to continue traveling at dawn