Turkey forcibly deports 900 Syrian refugees to north Syria
IDLIB, Syria (North Press) – Turkey forcibly deported on Tuesday 900 Syrian refugees through the border crossings of Bab al-Salama and Tel Abyad in Aleppo and Raqqa governorates, northern Syria. The number of deportees exceeded 12,000 in October.
Sources in the administration of Bab al-Salama and Tel Abyad told North Press that Turkish authorities deported more than 900 Syrian refugees, including women and children, through the Bab al-Salama and Tel Abyad border crossings and handed them over to Turkish-backed armed opposition factions, aka the Syrian National Army (SNA).
Around 250 Syrians were handed over by the Turkish side to SNA factions at the Tel Abyad in northern Raqqa. Then, they were taken to shelters for investigations.
Meanwhile, about 650 people, mostly women and children, were handed over to the Military Police of the SNA at the Bab al-Salama border crossing in northern Aleppo. They were then transported to shelters to investigate their security status.
On the other hand, the Bab al-Hawa border crossing in northern Idlib has witnessed no deportations form Turkey for the third day, according to the sources.
The sources noted that the deportations were carried out after Turkish authorities took all the identification papers, finger prints and iris scans of the deportees to guarantee they would not return to Turkey.
The sources also noted that in October the number of forcibly deported Syrian refugees, including Iraqis, exceeded 12,000.