50 people from Afrin displaced were arrested in Aleppo countryside

ARK News.. The Human Rights Organization in Afrin revealed that militias loyal to Iran have kidnapped dozens of displaced civilians from Afrin region in northern Aleppo countryside, including women and children.

The Human Rights Organization in Afrin said on its Facebook page that the pro-Iranian militias stationed in the city of Zahraa in northern countryside of Aleppo, led by the so-called "Muhammad Ja’afar Al-Khatib", carried out a large-scale kidnapping campaign on Saturday, November 16, 2024, targeting about 50 people displaced from Afrin region and the people of the Sherawa area, including women and children, and also seized their cars and took them to an unknown destination, while the reasons for the kidnapping are still unknown until now.

The kidnapped are as follows:

1- Nash ’at Abdo, from the people of the village of Cheqilma - Rajo town, car number 753087.
2- Abdul Rahman Taleb, from the people of the village of Aqiba in Sherawa area, owner of a 24-passenger microbus.
3- Muhammad Sabri Omar, from the village of Aqiba village on Sherawa area, was driving a truck belonging to the Syrian regime's grain company loaded with flour from the allocations of the Deir Jamal bakery.

4- Mahmoud Hassan Habash, from the village of Alkana in in Shiye town, car number 749827, only his car was seized and he was released on Wednesday, November 20, 2024.
5- Muhammad Ja’afar/Abu Ja’afar, from the town of Badina - Rajo town, with his passenger bus, car number 715540.
6- Sheikh Bayram with his Suzu passenger bus.

The organization confirmed that the fate of the kidnapped people is still unknown, which raises concerns for their families, in light of the increasing violations committed by the pro-Iranian militias in the northern countryside of Aleppo.

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