Turkey deports 68 people to NW Syria
IDLIB, Syria (North Press) – Turkish authorities deported on Monday at morning 68 people, including women, to areas in Idlib, northwest Syria, through Bab al-Hawa border crossing with Turkey, without notifying their families residing in Turkey.
A source at the Bab al-Hawa crossing told North Press that the Turkish authorities threw 68 Syrians into the square of the crossing, including 11 women, without notifying their families in Turkey of their arrest or deportation.
The source also stated that Turkish authorities took their eye and hand prints, as well as all their identification papers, in order to prevent them from returning permanently to Turkey.
Reportedly, the Turkish authorities deported 130 people to northern Syria on Sunday from Tel Abyad border crossing with Turkey, north of Raqqa, where Turkish-backed armed opposition factions, aka Syrian National Army (SNA) are in control.
An opposition source told North Press that among those deported were about ten foreigners of different nationalities, including Afghans, where the SNA arrested some of them.
Sources pointed out that deportation operations have increased in pace during the past few days, most of which are from the crossings of Tel Abyad and Sere Kaniye (Ras al-Ain), in the countryside of Hasakah, northeast Syria, which are under the control of the SNA.
Since the beginning of July, the Turkish authorities have launched a campaign against the Syrian refugees residing on its territory, especially in Istanbul, where activists say more than 800 people have been deported since the beginning of July.