Turkish-backed armed groups in Afrin seize 90% of Sheikh-Hadid properties
Afrin – North-Press Agency
Muhammad al-Ahmad
As part of the demographic change strategy, the Turkish military and its affiliated Syrian armed opposition groups continue to seize houses and properties in the Syrian-Kurdish region of Afrin to accommodate the families they've brought from other Syria regions, and the families of the affiliated militants into the houses of Afrin’s original people.
In this regard, North-Press obtained reliable information from local sources inside Afrin, that out of 2,500 houses in Sheikh al-Hadid district, only 250 families remained of its indigenous inhabitants, while the rest of the houses were taken over by the Turkish military and its affiliated armed groups in the region. Local sources from Afrin told North-Press that the Turkish-backed armed groups have turned the house of a local civilian in Sheikh al-Hadid district, Muhammed Dgilo, into a military base belonging to a member of Turkish-backed 23rd Division, nicknamed "Abu Hussein".
While a member of the Turkish-backed armed groups, called "Abu Ghazi", has seized the house of Haji Sheikho, in the afore mentioned district, after his death, turning it into a military office belonging to one of the armed groups' member called Alandar , brother of Muhammad Jasim (Abu Amsha), a Turkish-backed militia commander.
In a related context, the sources confirmed that a member of the Turkish-backed armed opposition groups, called "Saif", seized a villa that belongs to the family of Zalkho Abdo Najjar, as he settled his family in the villa, while "Alandar", a member of the armed groups, took over the house of local citizen Zahreddine Najjar, a local of Sheikh al-Hadid district. The sources pointed out that the Turkish-backed armed groups seized the olive press of the local citizen, Muhammad Higto, in Sheikh al-Hadid district, and turned it into a place for horses of which they had stolen from the local people, while the citizen Muhammad Kujer's poultry farm, was transferred into a garage of the armed groups’ personal vehicles, after looting its entire contents.
Moreover, Local sources confirmed that the olive press of Manan Agha, was transferred into a military base, after all of its contents were stolen by those Turkish-backed armed groups. Local sources also told North-Press that the armed opposition groups affiliated with Turkey deliberately cut down the forest trees of Sheikh al-Hadid, up to the village of Hajj Hassna, and distributed the lands among each other, in addition to allocating 40% of the olive season for those groups’ militants in the district. A red sign is placed on the wall of the houses of the local residents of Sheikh al-Hadid, to be marked as seized by those armed groups.
Furthermore, Turkey-backed "Waqas Brigade” militia has stolen more than 20 electricity and water meters belonging to the local people of the villages of Anqla and Sinara of Sheikh al-Hadid district, according to sources from within the area.
It is noteworthy that after the control of the Turkish military and its affiliated armed opposition groups over the region of Afrin, clashes erupted between members of those armed groups, upon their dispute over sharing the properties of the local people of the region, where disputes and clashes resulted in the death and injury of dozens of those militants.