Militants of SNA faction stab civilian in Syria’s Afrin
AFRIN, Syria (North Press) – Militants of Jaysh al-Sharqiya, affiliated with Turkish-backed armed opposition factions, aka Syrian National Army (SNA), attacked on Saturday a young man in Afrin Region, northwest Syria, stabbing him with knives and storming his family’s house.
This is the third time the young man has been assaulted since four members of his family were killed on the night of Newroz, March 21, by the same faction.
On July 23, a military group affiliated with the Jaysh al-Sharqiya, accused of killing members of a Kurdish family, attacked the grandson of the family, that had celebrated the eve of Newroz this year in the town of Jindires in the countryside of Afrin.
The Human Rights Organization in Afrin stated that militants of this faction assaulted the young man, Nazmi Ashraf Othman, with multiple knife stabs.
They added that the young man lost consciousness as a result of his injuries and was transferred to Bahar Hospital in the city.
The faction had previously attempted to attack the young man on two occasions, one of which involved hitting him with a tile on his back and attempting to run over him with a car, and the other involved threatening the family with death.
According to the Human Rights Organization, the family is appealing for support against the “barbarism and arrogance” of the faction and to convey their suffering to the relevant international human rights organizations in order to pressure the Turkish government to curb the practices of armed factions.