Afrin ... kidnapping and looting continue by armed militias

ARK News: A Human Rights Organization working to document violations in the Kurdish region of Afrin reported on its main page of Facebook yesterday, 20.12.2019, 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, looting, armed robbery, indiscriminate kidnapping, seizure of property of residents, logging olive trees, imposing royalties, they deliberately under the supervision of the Turkish intelligence through creating an atmosphere of intimidation, terror, and insecurity and instability (creating chaos).
First: Shara town
1- Armed militias of the so-called Free Police (Political Security) under the supervision of the Turkish intelligence, on 12/18/2019, kidnapped the citizen Muhammad Ali Muhammad from the village of Qara Tappa in Afrin city – Al Siyasiye Street.
Second: Bulbul town
1- With complicity and coordination with the armed militias of the factions of Sultan Murad and Al-Hamzat, the so-called Ismail nickname Abu Alias of the villagers of Qirta (formerly refrigerator repairman) on Thursday December 19, 2019, cut more than 100 olive trees for their benefit, owned by Ahmed Horo from the resident of the same village, from his field located along the main road.
Third: Rajo town
1- The armed militias of the Faylaq Al Sham faction a group called Abu Akil who control the village of Jalla on 12/18/2019, stole the fiber-optic cables of the landlines that extend between the villages of Qastal Khidiriya (Bulbul) – Chaqmaqa Kabir by digging trenches at night and stealing them.

2- The Turkish security forces (Intelligence) carried out earlier this month 01/12/2019 the kidnapping of the Mukhtar of Haj Khalil village of Rajo town called "Muhammad Ali" in the city of Afrin and took him to an unknown destination to this day on charges of compulsory service in the previous administration and his fate is still unknown so far. The Turkish intelligence also kidnapped the citizen Khalil Khalo the residence of the same village on 04/12/2019 with the same accusation and reasons and his fate is still unknown so far.

It is worth mentioning that since the invasion of the Turkish army and the armed factions and groups Afrin region, kidnappings campaigns against Kurdish civilians continue with false pretexts, in addition to cutting down olive and forests trees for selling firewood.

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