Turkish intelligence transfers detainees from Syria to Turkey
IDLIB, Syria (North Press) – Turkish authorities, in cooperation with the Turkish-backed armed opposition, also known as the Syrian National Army (SNA), transferred on Monday eight detainees, including a woman, from a prison of the Military Police faction in the city of Tel Abyad, north of Raqqa in northern Syria, to a prison in Şanlıurfa province in southern Turkey.
A military source told North Press that the detainees were arrested on February 2 while attempting to cross the border into Turkey from the village of al-Munbateh in the countryside of Tel Abyad.
He added that the detainees were investigated by the Military Police. During the investigations, it turned out that they came from regions held by the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria (AANES) to go to Europe. However, the data registered in the arrest report shows they were charged with “threatening Turkish national security and planning reprisals.”
The source noted that the Turkish Intelligence, based on the arrest report, transferred the detainees through the military gate of Tel Abyad to a prison in Şanlıurfa.
At the end of May, the Turkish authorities transferred four men who were arrested in March in the village of al-Adwaniye in the countryside of Sere Kaniye while attempting to cross to Turkey. In early March, they transferred seven men, including three Kurds.
The Turkish forces and their affiliated SNA occupied Sere Kaniye and Tel Abyad after the so-called “Peace Spring” military operation in October 2019.