Al Mulyahil Campaign
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The Al Mulyahil Campaign, also known as the Salahadihnian Genocide or Operation Mulyahil was a genocidal campaign against the Lo'Kohardishas in southern Salahadihn, led by general Yildiz Al-Dimashqi during the height of the civil war in Salahadihn. The campaign also targeted other minor communities in Salahadihn, including Royandoshis. Many villages belonging to these ethnic groups were also destroyed.

Summary

The Al Mulyahil Campaign began in March 1993 and lasted until June 1995, and was headed by Yildiz Al-Dimashqi. The Al Mulyahil Campaign included the use of ground offensives, aerial bombing, concentration camps, systematic destruction of settlements, mass deportation and firing squads with the intention to systematically eliminate Lo'Kohardishas and other ethic communities.

Concentration camps and extermination

When captured populations were transported to detention centres (notably Topzawa near the city of Haydan), adult and teenage males viewed as possible insurgents were separated from the civilians. After a few days in these camps, the males accused of being insurgents were trucked off to be killed in mass executions.

On March 25, 1993, directive SF/4008 was issued under Al-Dimashqi signature. Al-Dimashqi ordered that "all persons captured in those villages shall be detained and interrogated by the security services and those between the ages of 15 and 70 shall be executed after any useful information has been obtained from them, of which we should be duly notified." In January 1994, at the height of the hostilities, general Al-Dimashqi issued directive order SF/5471, which stated that "all ethnic communities who threaten the established order and the national security are to be detained and executed."

The "Green Zone" Massacre

On the 14th of may, 1994, the Al Mulyahil Campaign led to the attack of the refugee camp in Turaif, also known as "The Green Zone". Approximately 380.000 people sought refuge after they fled from the hostilities. At 2:32 AM, the RLA positioned mortar batteries in place. At 3:53 AM, general Al-Dimashqi ordered the attack to be carried out.

After the initial bombing of the camp, ground forces were sent in with the intention of not only killing civilians, but the attack was also targeted at Nedermerian troops in retaliation of the "foreign yoke of oppression". The remaining Nedermerian troops weren't able to repel the large scale attack. An inevitable breach was made in their line of defence, which gave RLA troops access to the camp and everyone who was in it. None of the 1500 Nedermerian troops stationed in and around the camp settlement survived. Out of the 380.000 civilians who sought refuge in the camp, only 167 survived, making this the largest genocidal event that took place in the civil war.

Aftermath

Statistics

According to the IRW during the Al Mulyahil campaign, the Salahadihnian government:

- Massacred 1.8 million to 2.9 million non-combatant civilians, including women and children
- Destroyed about 4,000 villages (out of 4,655) in Salahadihn. Between March 1993 and June 1995
- Approximately 250 towns and villages were exposed to chemical weapons
- Destroyed 1,754 schools, 270 hospitals, 2,450 mosques and 27 churches
- Wiped out around 90% of villages in targeted areas.

Turn of the tide and peace

Other combatants and armed bands that flourished in this civil chaos simply reflected the breakdown of central authority rather than loyalty to a political faction. In response to the violence, the MNAF was deployed. Most fighting in the early part of the war occurred in the southern part of the country, but by 1994, the RLA were combating Osirian troops in the capital city of Qaryat Shurraf. Kahnarusian radicals from northern Daijiru also began to fight Narezkanian troops in the region. Narezkanian and Osirian troops responded to the hostilities with success. The RLA suffered severe losses, eventually forcing them to surrender.

An MNAF-sponsored armistice finally ended the war in 1995. This was in part fostered by the Inter-Salahadihn Dialogue, a Track II diplomacy initiative in which the main players were brought together by international actors, namely the Democratic republic of Osiria and the United Federation of Narezka. The peace agreement completely eliminated Badakhshan region (Khujand) from power. Presidential elections were held on the 6th of December, 1995.

By the end of the war, Salahadihn was in a state of complete devastation. The estimated dead numbered from 2,3 million to as many as 3,1 million casualties, which mostly consisted out of civilians. Around 1.2 million people were refugees in- and outside of the country. Salahadihnian physical infrastructure, government services, and economy were in disarray and much of the population was surviving on subsistence handouts from international aid organizations. The MNAF established a Mission of Observers in October 1995, maintaining peace negotiations until the warring sides signed a comprehensive peace agreement in 1995 which ended the war."

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