Afrin… Turkish-backed factions plant Hashish in Rajo town

Afrin… Turkish-backed factions plant Hashish in Rajo town

Feb 28 2021

ARK News… Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said that several Turkish-backed factions, including Ahrar Al-Sham, Sultan Murad, Ahrar Al-Sharqiyah, and Al-Jabha Al-Shamiyyah, are planting Hashish in Afrin countryside.

SOHR added that the planting of Hashish is taking place in large spaces in Midan Akbas, Kharab Silok, and Sorke all of which are affiliated to Rajo town with nobody to deter these factions.

The observatory also added that Turkish-backed factions committed “grave” violations in Afrin for the past three years since they invaded the region during the so-called “Olive Branch” operation. Moreover, the factions turned Afrin city and countryside into fertile ground for money laundering operations, with Turkey’s full consent, as such operations take place in full view of Turkish Wallis (governors) officers and commanders present in Afrin, in addition to money laundering were facilitated by factions commanders who also launder the money they gained through looting and thefts of properties of Afrin residents, both the residents who stayed in Afrin and those who fled to other areas.
Not to mention the taking over portions of the salaries of mercenaries who were sent to Azerbaijan and Libya.

The most remarkable example of money laundering operations is the businesses of the commander of the “Suleiman Shah” Division, Mohammed Al-Jassim “Abu Amsha”. Abu Amsha has turned Shiye town into a private kingdom, nominated himself as the “Sultan” of hundreds of affiliated members, opened a mall, coffee shop, and other businesses with Turkish support and after looting the resident's properties and deducting 300 to 600 USD from the salary of every affiliated militiaman sent to Libya and Azerbaijan, 1,250 of who has been sent to Libya only.

The most prominent business of Abu Amsha was the hospital which was constructed on a plot of land he had seized in Shiye town and by looted money. It is worth noting that the head of the Syrian National Coalition Nasr Al-Hariri had cast the first stone of this hospital on February 16, 2021, when a military parade was held, igniting popular anger while social media activists deride these practices and likened them to regime practices and military shows.

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