Afrinpost-Special
Afrin Post learned from similar sources that the markets of the city of Afrin is witnessing overstocking of olive oil, as a result of the policy imposed by the Turkish occupation aimed at impoverishing and starving the remaining indigenous Kurds in the occupied province of Afrin.
The sources confirmed that the Turkish occupation and its Islamic militias affiliated to the Muslim Brotherhood Organization, closed all roads to the olive oil out of the region to the regions inside Syria, to monopolize the sale of a group of merchants cooperating with him, who are trying by various means to buy it cheaply.
The sources added that the price of a canister of olive oil, which is equivalent to (16 kg), decreased significantly, where it slipped to 15 thousand Syrian pounds, and below, after it was sold up to 19 thousand pounds.
The sources added that the reason is due to the reluctance of traders to buy oil in the markets, as well as the closure of roads to get it out to areas inside Syria.
The olive crop is the backbone of the economy of Afrin, where olive cultivation ranks first in the region, and the number of olive trees about 18 million olive trees.
However, after the Turkish occupation applied to the Kurdish region, tens of thousands of trees were cut down completely or unjustly, the level of care for its cultivation has also declined due to the harsh conditions of under the occupiers.
