Afrinpost – Special
Militias of the Turkish occupation and the Muslim Brotherhood continue to search for antiquities of Afrin to destroy or sell them, as part of their efforts to remove indigenous remains, artifacts and cultural heritage, in addition to the financial benefit from selling antiquities to the Turkish occupation.
In the context, the correspondents of “Afrinpost” in the occupied Afrin region monitored the razing and digging operations of three archaeological sites in the “Shara / Sharan” and “Mobata / Ma’batli” areas by specialized teams of Islamic militants and under the supervision of Turkish intelligence.
In Sharah district, the militia of the “Sultan Murad Brigade” militia bulldozed and excavated the site of “Sere Karkeh” hill, which is in the north of the village of “Ba’rava”, by using heavy vehicles owned by the family of “Abed Rabbo” who are from the area of Al-Layramoun in Aleppo, even though the hill is planted with vineyards and olive.
According to reporters, the excavation lasted for 3 days during the past week.
In the village of “Habou” of the “Mobata / Ma’batli” district, gunmen from the Islamic militia excavated a site in the vicinity of a Roman well, where there are archeological caves, in search of burials and archaeological treasures, amid reports that they found an archaeological sarcophagus.
The area in the valley leading to the “Shieh / Sheikh Al-Hadid” district witnessed excavation and digging at the (Qastaliya Gala) site, near the villages of “Galah” of the “Mobata / Ma’batli” district and “Mestka” village of the Shieh /Sheikh Al-Hadid district, ”by gunmen of the Islamic militia.
The Turkish occupation army and its armed men have used advanced devices to search for antiquities and minerals, and the people have previously confirmed that the occupation army has excavated quantities of gold buried in the village of Ba’rava, 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.
