afrinpost – Exclusive
A Turkish intelligence patrol stormed on December 21, a funeral gathering in the border village of Meydan Akbas in Raju district in the occupied countryside of Afrin, northern Syria, and arrested nine Kurds, including women and minors.
According to our sources in the village, the Turkish intelligence raided the house of the mayor of the village of Meydan Akbas (appointed by Turkish authorities) on charges of holding a funeral gathering on the occasion of the martyrdom of his daughter (a fighter in the ranks of the Kurdish Women’s Protection Units/YPJ) from his first wife residing in the areas of al-Shahba, and arrested him and the mourners.
The sources indicated that the detainees are all civilans, namely: “Ali Arab Hassan” (57 years old), who is the mukhtar of the village, his minor son “Mustafa” and the mourners, who are “Fawzi Muhammad Kalo” (50 years old), his wife “Amina” and two of their minor daughters, in addition to “Sheikhmous Hussein Dodik” (22 years old), “Omar Hamid Khaled” and “Salah Arabo”.
The sources pointed out that the nine citizens are still under arrest without being able to know the destination to which they were taken.
Yesterday, Friday, December 23, a joint patrol of the Turkish Political Security and Intelligence militia launched a raid campaign in the village of Shingeleh in Bulbul district, and arrested both the citizens, “Khalil Muhammad Atash” and his brother, “Shaaban Atash,” and their guest, “Ahmed Ismail Sino,” from the town of Meydan Akbas. The three of them were charged with cooperating with the former Autonomous Administration in Afrin, and they were taken to an unknown destination.
