Afrinpost – Special
The smuggling of people coming from the regime-controlled areas to Turkey through the occupied Afrin region continues, with full coordination between the Turkish occupation militias known as the “National Army” on the one hand, and the militias of the towns of Nubl and Zahraa in the northern countryside of Aleppo on the other hand.
The Afrinpost correspondent in Sherawa district said that on Wednesday, the leader of “Al-Hamzah Squad” militia, called Abdullah Halawa, received in the village of Burj Abdalo on the twenty-sixth of this August, about 60 people from the militia of Nubl to be smuggled into Turkey, in exchange for $ 300 for each person, but he handed them over to the “Military Police” militia to be placed in prison.
The correspondent added that the arrested persons are all from the governorates of Homs, Hama and Damascus.
After the occupation of Afrin region, smuggling was activated, through which individuals coming from the regime-controlled areas to Turkey are smuggled, and smuggling operations are carried out via the Kimar-Brad line in cooperation between the “Al-Hamzah Division” militia and the militia of the town of Nubl.
After the occupation of Afrin region, and the spread of the Syrian regime forces in the areas near the town of Nubl, the distribution of forces in the seam zone became as follows: The forces of the Syrian regime are deployed in a group of villages in the district such as (Zuq al-Kabir / Gundi Mazen, Kalute, Burj Al-Qas, Mayassa, Zaaranita Al-Ziyarah, Saghunakeh, Oqibeh, Khribakih, Abbin / Beneh), and it does trade with the Islamic militia militants that occupy the villages of the district such as (Kabashin, Burj Haydar, Barad, Kafar Nabu, Julber)
The “Al-Hamzah Squad” militia that occupies the village of Barad is working in coordination with the regime’s militias in the town of Nubl, where gas and fuel cylinders and livestock are smuggled, and the intra trade also includes smuggling of people.