Turkish-backed SNA beats elderly couple in Syria’s Aleppo
ALEPPO, Syria (North Press) – An elderly man and his wife were beaten on Saturday by members of the Turkish-backed Hamza Division, affiliated with the Syrian National Army (SNA), a village in Aleppo northern countryside, north Syria.
Members of Hamza Division attacked the man and his wife in the village of Ghaytun in the countryside of Akhtarin, after a dispute between him and a member of the faction in the village, an eyewitness told North Press.
Akhtarin is a town in the countryside of Azaz, north of Aleppo.
Since July 2012, Azaz and the surrounding villages have been under the control of the Turkish-backed armed opposition factions. Successive bombings and kidnapping take place frequently in the city amid inability of the Syrian opposition factions to control security.
Members of the faction arbitrarily assaulted the 60-year-old’s wife, so she was immediately transferred to the town’s hospital, the eyewitness added.
The attack aroused the anger of the residents of the village, which was followed by a quarrel with the members of the faction, so that the members opened fire intensively to disperse the demonstrators, according to the eyewitness.
The SNA-held areas undergo security chaos, including explosions, persistent fighting between the factions and assassinations in light of the factions’ failure to maintain security there.