Afrinpost – Follow-up
In light of the continuing violations against the cultural heritage of the occupied Kurdish Afrin region in northern Syria, by the Turkish occupation and the Islamic militias affiliated with the Muslim Brotherhood, the occupation forces are deliberately converting archaeological sites in the region to their military bases, with the aim of destroying them within the strategy of ethnic cleansing and demographic change.
The news agency “North Press” presented new photos documenting the conversion of the ancient Junders Hill to a military base, by the Turkish occupation forces.
The pictures show high concrete walls placed around the hill, which is located south of the city of Jenderes, and which has an area of / 2 / hectares, while the agency confirmed that the hill above the military base is witnessing excavations in search of antiquities.
The agency added that the Turkish forces prevented the people of the region from approaching the military base, amidst heavy guarding over the area that fell under occupation on the eighth of March of the year 2018, ten days before reaching the center of the region on the eighteenth of March.
It pointed out that the military base is surrounded by surveillance cameras, where there are elements of the Turkish forces, and Islamic militias called (the National Army, the Free Army), which are affiliated to the Muslim Brotherhood as a whole.
The agency noted that all the houses around the ancient Jendiris Hill had been destroyed by the invading forces during their military invasion of the Kurdish region since January 20 last year.
The Afrinpost reporter confirmed yesterday, Saturday, that the militants affiliated with the Turkish occupation and the Muslim Brotherhood continue to tamper with the effects of Afrin in order to destroy and erase them, as they started about a week ago by bulldozing and digging in the archaeological hill of Trinda, by means of three bulldozers, noting that the archaeological area of the hill In the village of Trinda, it is within the control of the militia of the “Al-Shamiya Front” militia, noting that the gunmen use 2 heavy machines and 1 paladors to dig up the archaeological hill in search of antiquities.
Since the Turkish military occupation, the Turkish occupation army and its armed men have used advanced devices to discover antiquities and minerals, and the people have previously confirmed that the occupation army has extracted quantities of gold buried in the village of Ba’rava at least, in addition to the constant talk about excavation in the ancient hills of Afrin, which archaeologists confirm They included several layers, thus containing relics from different eras belonging to successive civilizations over the region.
