afrinpost – Exclusive
The Turkish-affiliated military police members in Afrin claim to have been affected by the earthquake disaster and have erected tents in the occupied city of Afrin with the aim of seizing the humanitarian aid provided by local and international organizations.
Sources reported that the military police militia erected tents for all of its members around the water tank area in al-Ashrafiya neighborhood, despite not being affected by the earthquake. As soon as one of the relief vehicles arrives at the neighboring camps, they seize a portion of the cargo.
A citizen there told “afrinpost” that most of the tents set up by the military police are empty and not inhabited by any families. Each member places his hand on more than one tent, adding that “lucky are those who have five tents in the affected areas” because the monthly return on each tent is no less than five hundred dollars.
He explained that “it is not necessary for the tent to be inhabited,” indicating that most of the tents set up around Jindires and the road from Afrin to there are fake, with the goal of capturing aid at the expense of those affected by the earthquake.
It is worth noting that most of the relief organizations operating in the cities of Afrin and Jindires distribute aid themselves after discovering the involvement of the relief office affiliated with the local council in Afrin in theft, looting, and trafficking in the markets of Afrin, in an attempt to deliver aid directly to those affected.
Meanwhile, Kurdish residents and those affected by the earthquake in the city of Afrin and the Jindires sub-district are subjected to racist discrimination during the distribution of aid, tents, and assistance provided by the local council and some relief organizations, in addition to IDPs loyal to the militias encroaching on agricultural land, which serves the policy of settlement and demographic change with the support of associations and institutions operating under humanitarian names.”
