A series of bombings rocked Afrin region

ARK News: A Human Rights Organization working to document violations in the Kurdish region of Afrin reported on its main page of Facebook today, 1.12.2019, that militias of armed groups affiliated to Turkey continue by cracking down on Kurdish citizens in the Kurdish region of Afrin and the implementation of the political and military agendas in terms of the ethnic cleansing of Kurds and forcing residents to leave in order to make a demographic change.

The Human Rights Organization in Afrin said that with the except that those militias carrying out the operation of theft and looting and armed robbery and indiscriminate kidnapping, and seizure of property of residents and logging olive trees, and deliberately under the supervision of the Turkish intelligence through creating an atmosphere of intimidation, terror, and insecurity and instability (creating chaos) by carrying out artificial explosions in order to displace the remaining on the one hand and liquidate some faction leaders on the other.

The Organization added that in the city of Afrin, last week, it witnessed several bombings that led to the loss of some civilians of their lives and the injury of several others. On 26/11/2019, a Saba public car exploded after a woman got out of it in al-Siyasiye street in the center of Afrin near Studio 23 and Waziro pharmacy, leaving behind a black bag inside the car to explode as soon as she entered the pharmacy on the pretext of buying some medicine and the woman disappeared immediately after the bombing.

It added that, on 29/11/2019, another car bomb exploded near Nawroz roundabout at the cultural center junction. The timing of the bombing was accompanied by an anticipated visit to the Turkish governor of the region in order to open a headquarters of the Turkish Red Crescent to distribute clothes. In addition to the location of the bombing was near one of the security headquarters of the Siqour Al-Shamal and the headquarters of the battalion of Nisour Al-Shamal and the headquarters of Al-Jabha Al-Shamiya, note that the bomber has been arrested and subjected to investigation by the military police under the supervision of Turkish intelligence, but until today his fate is still unknown.

The Organization also said that Mohammed Ramez Rahal, a child from the eastern Ghouta settlers, lost his life as a result of a landmine explosion in Abidan village of Bulbul town, and a number of other children were injured, and armed militias of Siqour Al-Shamal faction carried out a campaign of arrests of the villagers in connection with the placement of the mine in the village.

Afrin region between the period and the other witnesses similar explosions, where the city center has witnessed explosion in the Diesel street more than two months ago, and the neighborhood of Ashrafiya witnessed also a strong explosion on Thursday 11/7/2019 causing civilian casualties of Kurds and Arab settlers, as well as severe material damage to the property of the Kurds.

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