Afrinpost – Special
Islamic militias affiliated with the Muslim Brotherhood, who are known as the “Syrian National Army / Free Army”, and under the direct supervision of the Turkish occupation intelligence, continue to its violations against of the remaining indigenous Kurdish population in the occupied Afrin region, by imposing a set of royalties and practices that lead In the end to impoverish and constrain them in order to displace them for the benefit of the settlers loyal to them.
In this context, a reporter for the “Afrinpost” in the Afrin Center stated that the group called “Ahmed Hashem”, which is affiliated with the militia of the “Al-Shamiya Front”, had imposed a monthly tax, five thousand Syrian pounds, on the owners of houses located near the industrial zone.
The block of targeted residential buildings consists of about fifty houses, which extend from Qaban roundabout to the site of “Hayat” pharmacy.
To that, the militia “Samarkand” recently seized a group of shops located in a branch street, next to the Customs building previously, as well as on the street leading to the cultural center in front of the Customs, to invest in their favor, including the stores belonging to each of (Suleiman: plumbing services, Bahjat grocery store , he is from the village of Shkatka, and the Fares grain store, and the shop for the contractors Walid and Imad, as well as the shops belonging to Anwar Hanif).
Islamic militias carry out attacks of this kind from time to time, in the various regions of the occupied Afrin region, the last of which was the attack by militia of the “Al-Jabha Al-Shamia” militia on the 30th of March, against a Kurdish grocer and his children, because of their refusal to submit to a process of stealing foodstuffs from his shop, according to the “Afrin Post” reporter.
Likewise, on March 31, militias of “Sultan Suleiman Shah” militia beat a Kurdish citizen after he refused to pay a royalty imposed by the militia on the rest of the Kurdish population in the center of the “Shiye / Sheikh Al-Hadid” district in exchange for their stay in their homes.
