SNA arrests 9 Kurdish people in Syria’s Jarablus
ALEPPO, Syria (North Press) – The Turkish-backed armed opposition factions, aka Syrian National Army (SNA), raided on Wednesday two houses in the city of Jarablus, in Aleppo countryside, northern Syria. They arrested nine Kurdish individuals, including two women, on charges of “communicating with the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK).”
A confidential source, who requested anonymity for security reasons, told North Press that “four military vehicles carrying armed personnel stormed the houses of Kurdish residents in Jarablus, arresting nine individuals, including two women.”
Jarablus has been run by the Turkish-backed SNA factions since 2016.
The source added that they were taken for interrogation to the town of Sheikh Hadid, the stronghold of the faction in the Afrin countryside, northwest Syria. This action was based on information provided by Turkish Intelligence, alleging connections between the detainees and members of the PKK.
The source explained that the arrest operation involved breaking doors and damaging household belongings under the pretense of searching for weapons and satellite communication devices. The detainees were also reportedly subjected to assault in front of their children and neighbors.
This arrest operation marks the third incident targeting Kurdish individuals on charges of communicating with the PKK. Previously, two similar arrest operations took place in the town of M’abatli in western Afrin, with no information available regarding the fate of the detainees or the ability of their families to inquire about them, according to the same source.