Turkey deports over 400 Syrian refugees to Syria
TEL ABYAD / IDLIB, Syria (North Press) – On Monday, Turkish authorities deported over 400 Syrian refugees, including women and children, to areas under the control of Turkish-backed armed opposition factions, aka Syrian National Army (SNA), via Tel Abyad and Bab al-Hawa border crossings.
An exclusive source informed North Press that “the Turkish authorities handed over more than 170 refugees, including 33 women with their children, to Military Police, affiliated with the SNA, through the Tel Abyad crossing in northern Raqqa, northern Syria, and they are currently undergoing security investigations.
The source added that 230 Syrian refugees, including 62 women with their children, were also deported to areas under the control of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS – formerly al-Nusra Front), in Idlib Governorate, northwest Syria.
The deportation process took place after collecting their biometric data and fingerprints to prevent their permanent return, without informing their relatives residing in Turkey about their deportation.
According to exclusive sources cited by North Press, the number of Syrian deportees through the crossings of Tel Abyad, Bab al-Salama, and Bab al-Hawa has exceeded 13,000 individuals during August, with expectations of an increase in the coming month.