Turkish-backed groups kill old man under torture in Syria’s Afrin

QAMISHLI, Syria (North Press) – On Saturday, an old man from Afrin region, northwest Syria, was killed under torture after he was arrested four days ago.

“The old man, Sheikhmous Qasem, 73, from the village of Midan Ekbas, Rajo district, was arrested by the Turkish-backed Sham Legion armed group four days ago, according to afrinpost website. 

Qasem was murdered under torture after four days of his arrest.

In addition to Qasem, Sa’id Qanbar (Merjan) was also kidnapped, as his fate is still unknown, afrinpost added.  

Turkey, along with its affiliated armed opposition groups, announced their full takeover of Afrin on March 18, 2018. The Turkish military operation in Afrin displaced more than 300,000 of its original inhabitants, 100,000 of which settled in camps and destroyed villages in Aleppo’s northern countryside.  

Areas held by Turkish-backed armed opposition groups are witnessing security chaos, accompanied by successive explosions and kidnappings in light of the opposition groups’ inability to stabilize security there.