Afrinpost – Special
Afrinpost has monitored a number of systematic crimes and violations committed by Islamic militias known as the “Syrian National Army / Free Army” and with direct supervision by Turkish intelligence, targeting the historic Kurdish presence in Afrin region, since its occupation in mid-March 2018.
Slavery..
In this regard, an armed man from the “Al-Hamzeh Squad” militia, at exactly ten o’clock on Sunday night, 14/06/2020, fired 3 bullets at the Kurdish youth Shaban Abdel Rahman Atash, nicknamed “Khaleh Din,” while passing by in front of the militia headquarters in the village of Shengeleh, in the district of Raju, he was shot in the thigh and was treated to a hospital in Afrin.
According to the human rights organization in Afrin, the shooting of the citizen “Atash” took place because he refused the enslavement practiced by the militia against the indigenous people of the village, as the gunman asked him that night to clean the militia headquarters and prepare food for the headquarters militants!
Looting..
Also, on Friday, the nineteenth of June, the militants of the “Sultan Murad Squad” militia violently beat Mohammed Hassan Arab, after he was chained while tending his sheep in a valley between the villages of Kafar Janneh and Mashaleh / Mash’ala, according to the correspondent of “Afrinpost. ”
The gunmen then robbed 3 heads of livestock from the citizen Mohamed Arab, who is from the Arab component, from those living in the village of “Kafar Janneh”, of “Shara/ Sharan” district.
As for the “Balbul” district, the “Failaq Al-Sham” militia is robbing and harvesting the “Grape Leaves / Yabrak” season in front of the eyes of the owners of the fields in the villages (Deraqliya and Maydan Akbas) and on the road of (Bibaka – Kareh and Ashouneh village), and the crops are shipped to Al-Hal Market In the center of Afrin region and sold to their advantage.
Royalties ..
In the “Mobata \ Ma’batli” district, the militia of “Sultan Suleiman Shah – Al Amshaat Squad” yesterday, Friday, forced the remaining Kurdish indigenous people in the village of “Kakhreh” to choose between paying a financial royalty or expelling them from their houses and the village.
The Afrinpost correspondent confirmed that the militia requires every Kurdish family to pay $ 200, or hand over their homes and properties to the militia, so that settlers can be replaced in their place, noting that the militia forced Kurdish families to settle settlers in their homes in the village.
Racist Attack ..
Meanwhile, on June 17, two armed men from the “Failaq Al-Sham” militia assaulted brutally the Kurdish citizens in the village of Deraqliya, for speaking Kurdish language.
Both “Muhammad Sheikho” and “Ibrahim Sheikho” were tortured and beaten with their fifths, just because they spoke in the Kurdish language in the presence of the militants.
Corruption of the occupation councils ..
In conclusion, “Afrinpost” learned from its sources that the relief office of the Occupation Council in Afrin city is selling fertilizers to farmers, although it is supposed to be distributed freely to the farmers of the occupied Kurdish region.
