SNA-held areas in Syria witness human rights violations
ALEPPO, Syria (North Press) – Turkish-occupied areas in northwest Syria witnessed on Saturday arrests, military alert, and human rights violations.
Fierce clashes between Turkish-backed armed opposition factions, also known as Syrian National Army (SNA), and Syrian government forces took place in Tadef, in the countryside of al-Bab, east of Aleppo, following an infiltration attempt by the government forces in the same area, according to a military source from the area.
The clashes coincided with a military alert in Jarablus city, east of Aleppo, of Ahrar al-Sham faction and Suqour al-Shamal Brigade, after the latter refused to stop checking cars coming from al-Hamran crossing, east of Jarablus, carrying goods coming from areas held by the government forces, according to local sources.
In addition, a number of unknown gunmen were erupted in the city of Azaz, north of Aleppo, following the clashes took place on Jan. 20 between military groups in the city and Ahrar Menagh faction, resulting in the killing of four people and the injury of seven others, amid threats to displace the residents of the city, according to the source.
Since July 2012, Azaz and its countryside are under the control of opposition factions of the SNA.
Areas held by Turkish forces and their affiliated SNA factions, witness security chaos, including arrests, kidnappings, thefts, fighting and successive murders in light of the factions’ disability to maintain security.
In addition, the city of Afrin and its countryside, northwest Syria, witness continuous violations by the SNA, as the Military Police faction, affiliated with the SNA, arrested on Saturday six Kurds from the village of Kafr Zait, in Afrin, under the pretext of belonging to Autonomous Administration of Afrin before 2018 without telling their families about their next destination.
A dispute between an IDP from Damascus and a militant of the Turkish-backed Sultan Suleiman Shah faction, known as al-Amshat, in the village of Trenda in Afrin, resulting in the injury of the IDP who was immediately transported to the hospital, according to the source.
In January 2018, the Turkish forces and the SNA factions launched “Olive Branch” military operation to push away the Kurdish People’s Protection Units (YPG) under the pretext of protecting “Turkish national security”.
The operation resulted in the occupation of Afrin along with its countryside and the displacement of more than 300.000 of the original people.