Turkish intelligence arrests Kurdish civilians in Syria’s Tel Abyad
Tel Abyad, Syria (North Press) – In coordination with Turkish-backed armed opposition factions, aka Syrian National Army (SNA), Turkish Intelligence raided on Tuesday a civilian house in the village of al-Ali Bachliya, about 30 km south of the city of Tel Abyad, north of Raqqa Governorate, northern Syria.
As a result, four individuals, including a 19-year-old young woman, were arrested on charges of collaborating with the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF).
An exclusive source informed North Press that “Five vehicles belonging to the Turkish Intelligence and its affiliated Military Police raided the house of a person known as Abu al-Souda in the al-Ali Bachliya. He was involved in smuggling people towards Turkish territory.”
The source added, “As a result of the raid, the Turkish Intelligence arrested four Kurdish young people including a woman. They had arrived in the area with the intention of reaching Turkish territory as a first step towards crossing into Europe.”
The Turkish Intelligence transferred the detainees to an anti-terrorism center in the city of Tel Abyad for interrogation, alleging that they had come to the area to carry out plans for the benefit of the SDF, according to the source.
The source emphasized that arbitrary arrests of residents traveling to and from the areas under the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria (AANES) are carried out under the pretext of security threats and collaboration with the SDF, without any evidence or subjecting them to independent legal courts.