Escalation of violations in Afrin: Raids and kidnappings of women and Yazidis

September 3, 2018
Armed elements of Turkish forces set fire indiscriminately to civilians homes and burned dozens of olive trees in “Kaunda” village in Rajo in Afrin city , in a deliberate policy followed by these factions since the control of Afrin city and its countryside, These groups burned hundreds of olive trees in villages and areas belonging to Afrin city.

In a related context, local sources revealed that “Hamzat” group, one of the armed factions loyal to Turkey, carried out the raid on houses in Ashrafieh neighborhood in Afrin city, and arrested a girl calling Amal Hussein Omar 22 years, while the same sources explained that This girl and another young man are subjected to severe torture in an unknown place.
While the same group kidnapped citizen (B.S) from Jandrisa in Afrin, and was subjected to severe physical torture, which appears in the picture documented by the documentation center in northern Syria, where the body shows the effects of torture.
Repeated kidnappings and civilian killings continue without distinction between age groups “the elderly, children and women”. A girl from A’alaga village, belonging to Sharan, more than a month ago, was shot dead and an elderly woman was killed Sultana Khalil Nassero) from “Brad” village about two months ago, after being robbed and armed robbery, by the armed factions themselves.
In the context of developments in the military battles between YPG and the Turkish army and military factions loyal to it, YPG in a statement killed six elements of the armed Syrian factions in Afrin, including soldiers of the Turkish armed forces, where the statement, which was published today that YPG On August 30 and September 1, carried out three consecutive operations. The first operation targeted the Northern Storm Battalion on the road between Qatma and Qastal Jendu villages , which are part of Shara. Another operation included vicinity of Bashmara village of, Targeting one of the Turkish military patrols.