afrinpost – Exclusive
Private sources sent afrinpost pictures showing the scale of theft of the “Heşargê/ Hasharka” bridge of the Orient Express, which is 450 meters long near the village of Maska in Rajo district and was built in 1912.
The pro-Turkey “Ninth Division” militia affiliated with the “National Army” and led by “Abdul Nasser Jalal Shalouh” stole wood, beams and rails from the bridge, as part of a policy of sabotaging the region’s infrastructure and historical monuments, according to report issued by the Unity Party’s.
The process of dismantling the railways began with the pro-Turkey factions taking control of Afrin region in March 2018, as part of the railways in the villages of Rajo district was dismantled.
It is noteworthy that the militants of the “Faylaq al-Sham” stole the train tracks in August 2021, and began dismantling the train tracks, starting from the town of Meydan Akbas, to sell it later in the scrap market. The rest of the broken train cars were burned, according to our sources back then.
