Afrin .. BBC recounts the story of young Aras, who was lost his mind and tortured brutally

Afrin .. BBC recounts the story of young Aras, who was lost his mind and tortured brutally

Nov 21 2019



ARK News: The Turkish government says its control of the towns of Tal Abyad and Ras al-Ain and the area between them in northeastern Syria aims to establish a "safe area" for the return of Syrian refugees and to protect its borders, while the Kurds say Turkey's goal is to prevent any form of Kurdish rule and replace refugees from different parts of Syria instead of the Kurds in the Afrin region and the Kurdish presence in the northeast in an effort to change the demography of the region.

Ankara took control of the Kurdish region of Afrin in March 2018, in a military operation called "Olive Branch". Prior to that, it launched a military operation called the “Euphrates Shield” in 2016, in which it, with the support of factions loyal to it, expelled and controlled ISIS operatives from Jarablis, Bab, and al-Ra'i in northeastern Aleppo and to impose control on them.

Allegations:

Ankara says the so-called "safe zone" experiment has been successful in the "olive branch" and the "Euphrates Shield" and is seeking to expand it along its border with Syria through its recent military operation, "Peace Spring," after the withdrawal of US troops from several areas Afrin .. BBC recounts the story of young Aras, who was lost his mind and tortured brutally

ARK News: The Turkish government says its control of the towns of Tal Abyad and Ras al-Ain and the area between them in northeastern Syria aims to establish a "safe area" for the return of Syrian refugees and to protect its borders, while the Kurds say Turkey's goal is to prevent any form of Kurdish rule and replace refugees from different parts of Syria instead of the Kurds in the Afrin region and the Kurdish presence in the northeast in an effort to change the demography of the region.

Ankara took control of the Kurdish region of Afrin in March 2018, in a military operation called "Olive Branch". Prior to that, it launched a military operation called the “Euphrates Shield” in 2016, in which it, with the support of factions loyal to it, expelled and controlled ISIS operatives from Jarablis, Bab, and al-Ra'i in northeastern Aleppo and to impose control on them.

Allegations:

Ankara says the so-called "safe zone" experiment has been successful in the "olive branch" and the "Euphrates Shield" and is seeking to expand it along its border with Syria through its recent military operation, "Peace Spring," after the withdrawal of US troops from several areas in the eastern Euphrates.

Ankara has begun sending Syrian refugees from Turkey to areas under its control in northern Syria, claiming they are returning voluntarily.



However, Anna Shea, Amnesty International's refugee and migrant rights researcher, said: “Turkey's claim that Syrian refugees choose to return voluntarily to conflict areas is dangerous and unfair. Our research shows that people are being tricked and forced to return.”


The BBC spoke to a number of Afrin's sons who are living the experience of the so-called "safe zone" under the control of the Turkish army and factions loyal to it. Some are still inside Afrin, while others have been displaced to camps for displaced people in the Tal Rif’at area north of Aleppo and other areas, in order to shed light on the experience of the so-called "safe zone" and the lives of Kurds under the control of dozens of armed opposition groups supported by Turkey.
A wounded hope "

"We had fled our village, Qastal Jindo, near Izaz, to Afrin after the armed factions took control of it. But my son Arras went out to inspect his land near Izaz, but he did not return."

Thus Amina Hamid began, Aras Khalil's mother Aras, who is 30 years old, recounting the story of her son, "who was tortured by the factions controlling the area and then thrown on the road of Izaz after torture that lost his hearing and perception and torn his guts and the entire anal area and cut his left ear in three places."

Amina had completely lost hope and convinced herself more than a year after her son disappeared in 2016 that he had been killed by the factions controlling her village since kidnappings, murders, and torture was still common.

The mother felt very sad for Aras because she had not seen his face, touched him and said goodbye to him for the last time and prayed to him and says: "I fainted and fell to the ground after my neighbor told me that he saw my son's photo posted on Facebook, with a text that says (please know who the owner of the picture contact us to receive from a hospital in Aleppo)."

Aras cannot sit normally, but he is squatting or lying on his back because of the rupture of the anal area as a result of the torture he suffered despite months of treatment. Aras, a special needs peasant who does not understand politics, is happy to visit his land and grieve if it does not rain.

"Although I knew the gravity of the matter, I went to my village to ask the factions about him, but they kicked me and insulted me and told me, if you don't go from here, we'll catch you with your son," says Amina.

Amina found no trace of her son but his shoes on their land, so I realized he was killed.

Amina's husband is also in a bad psychological state, "like hallucinations and hysteria," as she described, and no longer recognizes his wife, but now thinks that everyone around him wants to kill him, so he curses her and expels her at other times without realizing what he is doing, and the husband is still on that case to now he needs psychotherapy, she said.

Finding Aras:

After a neighbor told Amina that he saw her son's photo on Facebook, Arrangements for receiving Aras took place from a hospital in Aleppo by his uncle, who lives in Aleppo, and brought him to his mother's place of residence where the neighbors met to receive him.

The shock was so great when Amina saw her son hand-held as children, his features and shape changed and he lost a lot of weight.

Amina lost consciousness upon seeing him, and after returning to her consciousness, she burst into tears after seeing his deteriorating condition, he lost his sense of hearing and cognition as well as other disabilities in his digestive system, which he suffers so far as a result of severe torture.

Turkish “Khazouk " (a long stick usually enters the back of the human as a form of brutal torture, these sticks were used during the Ottoman rule):

The family was informed about the health condition of Arras by the hospital, and the Kurdish and Syrian Red Crescent issued a report on his condition. The mother learned the details of the condition of Arras, who was found on the road and was transferred to a government hospital in Aleppo and remained there for several months to be treated for the effects of torture, wounds, and burns in his body.

The mother says: "The features of his face were not clear because of the effects of torture and came to me carrying hands like a piece of meat, they raped him with a stick that led to large cracks and sharp in the entire anal area.


Despite months of treatment, "he is still unable to sit except in a squatting position, and he can only walk with help, and remains all the time lying on his back, does not move and does not ask for food or water and he remains on that case for days and nights."

The mother takes care of Aras now as a young child, and his diapers change three or four times a day because he no longer controls his defecation.

Amina adds with tearing: "If his sedative medications implemented, he turns to someone out of control, hitting me and pushing me with him and does not know that I am his mother, and this increasing my pain."

"His condition was like a return from death. It is not like he sees it. He is another person now, someone with many disabilities. His left ear is stitched in three places."


Amina, her son and her disabled husband now live in IDP camps in Tal Rif’at, hoping to return to her village one day.

n eastern Euphrates.

Ankara has begun sending Syrian refugees from Turkey to areas under its control in northern Syria, claiming they are returning voluntarily.

However, Anna Shea, Amnesty International's refugee and migrant rights researcher, said: “Turkey's claim that Syrian refugees choose to return voluntarily to conflict areas is dangerous and unfair. Our research shows that people are being tricked and forced to return.”

The BBC spoke to a number of Afrin's sons who are living the experience of the so-called "safe zone" under the control of the Turkish army and factions loyal to it. Some are still inside Afrin, while others have been displaced to camps for displaced people in the Tal Rif’at area north of Aleppo and other areas, in order to shed light on the experience of the so-called "safe zone" and the lives of Kurds under the control of dozens of armed opposition groups supported by Turkey.
A wounded hope "

"We had fled our village, Qastal Jindo, near Izaz, to Afrin after the armed factions took control of it. But my son Arras went out to inspect his land near Izaz, but he did not return."

Thus Amina Hamid began, Aras Khalil's mother Aras, who is 30 years old, recounting the story of her son, "who was tortured by the factions controlling the area and then thrown on the road of Izaz after torture that lost his hearing and perception and torn his guts and the entire anal area and cut his left ear in three places."

Amina had completely lost hope and convinced herself more than a year after her son disappeared in 2016 that he had been killed by the factions controlling her village since kidnappings, murders, and torture was still common.

The mother felt very sad for Aras because she had not seen his face, touched him and said goodbye to him for the last time and prayed to him and says: "I fainted and fell to the ground after my neighbor told me that he saw my son's photo posted on Facebook, with a text that says (please know who the owner of the picture contact us to receive from a hospital in Aleppo)."

Aras cannot sit normally, but he is squatting or lying on his back because of the rupture of the anal area as a result of the torture he suffered despite months of treatment. Aras, a special needs peasant who does not understand politics, is happy to visit his land and grieve if it does not rain.

"Although I knew the gravity of the matter, I went to my village to ask the factions about him, but they kicked me and insulted me and told me, if you don't go from here, we'll catch you with your son," says Amina.

Amina found no trace of her son but his shoes on their land, so I realized he was killed.

Amina's husband is also in a bad psychological state, "like hallucinations and hysteria," as she described, and no longer recognizes his wife, but now thinks that everyone around him wants to kill him, so he curses her and expels her at other times without realizing what he is doing, and the husband is still on that case to now he needs psychotherapy, she said.

Finding Aras:

After a neighbor told Amina that he saw her son's photo on Facebook, Arrangements for receiving Aras took place from a hospital in Aleppo by his uncle, who lives in Aleppo, and brought him to his mother's place of residence where the neighbors met to receive him.

The shock was so great when Amina saw her son hand-held as children, his features and shape changed and he lost a lot of weight.

Amina lost consciousness upon seeing him, and after returning to her consciousness, she burst into tears after seeing his deteriorating condition, he lost his sense of hearing and cognition as well as other disabilities in his digestive system, which he suffers so far as a result of severe torture.

Turkish “Khazouk " (a long stick usually enters the back of the human as a form of brutal torture, these sticks were used during the Ottoman rule):

The family was informed about the health condition of Arras by the hospital, and the Kurdish and Syrian Red Crescent issued a report on his condition. The mother learned the details of the condition of Arras, who was found on the road and was transferred to a government hospital in Aleppo and remained there for several months to be treated for the effects of torture, wounds, and burns in his body.

The mother says: "The features of his face were not clear because of the effects of torture and came to me carrying hands like a piece of meat, they raped him with a stick that led to large cracks and sharp in the entire anal area.

Despite months of treatment, "he is still unable to sit except in a squatting position, and he can only walk with help, and remains all the time lying on his back, does not move and does not ask for food or water and he remains on that case for days and nights."

The mother takes care of Aras now as a young child, and his diapers change three or four times a day because he no longer controls his defecation.

Amina adds with tearing: "If his sedative medications implemented, he turns to someone out of control, hitting me and pushing me with him and does not know that I am his mother, and this increasing my pain."

"His condition was like a return from death. It is not like he sees it. He is another person now, someone with many disabilities. His left ear is stitched in three places."

Amina, her son and her disabled husband now live in IDP camps in Tal Rif’at, hoping to return to her village one day.



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