The theft of 20,000 pieces of antique from Afrin

ARK News: A human rights organization working to document violations in the Kurdish region of Afrin said that the armed factions have stolen twenty thousand artifacts after the excavation and the digging of archaeological sites in the region.

The report by the Human Rights Organization in Afrin which was published on July 28, 2019, said that the armed factions stole more than twenty thousand artifacts and sold them in Turkey. According to the Organization, the sites that were excavated, razed and destroyed and tampering their contents and theft of the artifacts are as follows

1. Temple of Ain Dara. Afrin city classified on the list of UNESCO
2. Prophet Hori. Shara town also classified on the UNESCO list
3. Sheikh Hamid Shrine in Qastal Jendo – Shara town
4. Shrine of Bafalone – Shara town
5. The shrine of Qara Jurne – Shara town
6. Sinka village shrine – Shara town
7. Sheikh Hanan shrine near the Mash’ale village of Shara town
8. Sara Qizeh shrine, Khalnere village of the city of Afrin
9. Abdul Rahman shrine near the village of Kani Gawrike - Jenderes road
10. Iska village shrine village of Jenderes town
11. The Prophet Hori amphitheater- Shara town
12. Till l Deir Siwan – Shara town
13. Arab Sheikh site – Shara town
14. Till Kafarom – Shara town
15. Parsaya Mount – Shara town
16. Till of the villages of Omaranly and Barava of Shara town
17. The site of Ashiq Qibar village of the city of Afrin
18. Till Estair village of the city of Afrin
19. Hammam village and the transfer of chamber stones of the bathroom - Jenderes
20. the village of Albiske site of Rajo town
21. The Well of Kura village of Rajo town
22. Till Medan Akbas – Rajo town
23. Ruins of Sindanke village and transferred to Turkey – Jenderes town
24. Alwiteh well between the villages of Kura - Sheikh Bilal – Rajo town
25. Sheikhmous Shrine in the village of Gawanda – Rajo town
26. Till Semalka of Rajo town
27. Khirabe Alo in the village of Chobana of Jenderes town
28. Ruins of Qurbe village of Jenderes town
29. Till of Jenderes under the pretext of establishing a military headquarters and a helipad.
30. The ruins of Riza in the village of Tirmuja of Shiye
31. Till of Ziravke of Mabata town
32. Ruins near of Araba village of Mabata.
33. Till of Ain Hajare village of Mabata town
34. Till of Kitikh of Mabata town
35. Till of Dirumiye of Mabata town
36. Till of Gamrouk of Mabata
37. Yaghmour Dada shrine of Bulbul town
38. Till Abidane of Bulbul town
39. Ruins of Barade village - Sherawa
40. Ruins of Kimar village of Sherawa
41. Till of Burj Abdalo of Sherawa
42. Dudari Cave of Sherawa
43.
The Organization mentioned that the aim of the bulldozing, digging, destruction and theft of the ruins that indicate the uniqueness of the Kurdish region of Afrin the “Chiyaye Kurmênc” is to distort the image of civilization and historical and national of the Kurdish nation and change the geological features of the layers of the earth, which bear the indications of the presence of Kurds in the region on over the ages.

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