Turkey deports 630 Syrian refugees to northern Syria
TEL ABYAD, IDLIB, Syria (North Press) – Turkish authorities deported on Monday 630 Syrian refugees, including women and their children, to Syria via Tel Abyad and Bab al-Hawa crossings, in northern and northwestern Syria respectively.
Sources in the two border crossings told North Press that the Turkish authorities deported more than 630 Syrian refugees, including women and children, through both crossings and handed them to Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) and to factions of the Turkish-backed Syrian National Army (SNA).
The sources added that SNA factions received around 200 Syrians and transferred them to shelter centers where they will be investigated.
As for HTS, which controls much of northwestern Syria, it received 430 Syrian refugees, including women and their children, according to administrative sources at the Bab al-Hawa crossings.
The sources indicated that the deportation process took place after the Turkish authorities collected all personal identification documents of the refugees. The authorities also took their biometric data to ensure that they would not return to Turkish territory.
According to administrative sources from the crossings of Bab al-Hawa and Tel Abyad, the number of Syrians forcibly deported exceeded 8,000 in September.