Turkish-backed opposition continues violating Syria’s northeast areas
TEL TAMR, Syria (North Press) – Turkish-held areas of Sere Kaniye (Ras al-Ain) and Tel-Abyad, northeast Syria, witnessed a state of security chaos and violations that claimed the lives of civilians, in addition to cases of killing, the bulldozing of houses and rape during the fourth week of March.
Turkish forces and opposition factions bombed the villages of Sayda, Mu’allaq, in addition to the vicinity of the M4 highway in the countryside of Ain Issa town, north of Raqqa, twice during the past week, local sources told North Press.
The shelling that targeted that area with dozens of artillery shells on the 25 and 30 of this March, caused large material damage to private and public property.
Meanwhile, the Turkish forces bombed several villages in the countryside of Zarkan (Abu Rasin) north of Hasakah, on March 27, which displaced residents from their villages.
It is worth noting that the Turkish forces and opposition factions have controlled the city of Sere Kaniye and its countryside in addition to Tel-Abyad, since 2019 following an invasion that displaced about 300 thousand of the indigenous population, according to human rights reports.
Conflict and insecurity
The state of security chaos continues in the areas of Sere Kaniye (Ras al-Ain) and Tel-Abyad.
On March 18, well-informed sources told North Press that two leaders of Turkish-backed armed factions were killed in a landmine exploded near the village of Ranin in the countryside of Tel-Abyad.
The two leaders were Abu Ali al-Dar’awi of Levant Front ( al-Jabha al-Shamiya) faction, who led the Suluk area, and Yasin al-Hamad of al-Majd Corps, according to the source.
Yesterday, Wednesday, social media reported the outbreak of heavy clashes between the Turkish-backed Hamzat and 20th Division factions, in the Church neighborhood in the center of Sere Kaniye.
According to the information circulated, the clashes, the causes of which were not known, resulted in deaths and injuries, without confirming the number.
Infighting and liquidation among the Turkish-backed armed factions in their areas of control in northeast Syria have been increasing as a result of the disputes over the places of control and the seizure of property.
Bulldozing civilian houses and orchards
Amid the escalating disputes between the factions, local media outlets reported that the Turkish forces and the opposition factions destroyed the house of a displaced civilian named Abdulrazzaq al-Omar from the village of Talil al- Dala’ in the Tel- Abyad countryside.
Cross-checked sources previously reported to North Press that a Turkish-backed opposition faction bulldozed several houses in Ain Hisan village south of the Turkish-controlled Sere Kaniye (Ras al-Ain).
Mazlom Hamo Kor, one of the owners of the houses that were bulldozed in the village, said that an armed faction bulldozed 12 houses in Abu Mazloum’s farm, in the village owned by his family.
In the same context, the Sere Kaniye IDPs Committee posted on its Facebook account that al-Hamzah Division bulldozed the houses, at the behest of the Turkish state.
The committee indicated that the aim of bulldozing houses and uprooting trees is to establish military headquarters for the Turkish army and armed factions.