An armed group expels inhabitants of a number of villages in Rajo district of Afrin countryside

ARK News: Khalid Bin al-Walid Brigade, the pro- Turkish Fialaq el-Sham Brigade, expelled Kurdish people, on September 1, 2018, from several villages in Rajo town, which they controlled their villages and robbed their homes and vehicles, in addition to robbing their property under false pretexts and excuses in preparation for demographic change.

"The commander of the brigade, Khalid bin al-Walid called Salil al-Khalidi, an affiliated to the Failaq el-Sham brigade belongs to Turkish army drove the expulsion of the people from the villages (Medan Akbas, Kara Baba, Firfirkeh and ruin Xirab Silok ) belonging to Rajo town Where the elements controlled the houses, vehicles, and lands of Kurdish citizens and steal their harvest, in addition to his cooperation and coordination with the military officers of the same sector Major, Hisham, nicknamed Abu Abdo. At the same time, its elements are kidnapping Kurdish citizens in order to force them to pay ransom from their relatives in exchange for their release, as well as the elements doing the act of smuggling of civilians to the Turkish side for huge sums of money for everyone”, a special source told to ARK News.

“The mentioned faction will harvest, robbed and stolen the olive season from the people, even they will use force to take over their olive trees, and in some cases, they expel the people from their vineyards on the grounds that the owners belong to the PYD”, according to the same source.

It is noteworthy that the pro-Turkish army factions and groups, which participated in the occupation of the city of Afrin, committed dozens of crimes against the people of the city and its countryside, killing, kidnapping and torture, along with looting and theft, burning agricultural crops, the seizure of property of citizens, and the destruction of monuments and religious. The act of threatening with killing and kidnapping in order to demand ransom has become collective behavior and systematic by all factions and armed groups which located on the land of Afrin Kurdistan.

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