Opposition groups arrest people in Syria’s Afrin trying to enter Turkey
AFRIN, Syria (North Press) – For the third consecutive day, Turkish-backed armed groups continue to detain a group of women and their children who tried to enter Turkish territory via smuggling routes.
Local sources told North Press that Jarrah al-Deiri, a commander in the opposition Military Police, refused to release the women and their children.
The women and their children are being kept in a detention center in Rajo district, northwest of Afrin.
The sources added that the women are from the city of Homs, in central Syria, and they are settling in Afrin.
The sources pointed out that many similar cases that occurred previously ended with each person paying 1,000 Turkish lira (122.51 US dollars) in exchange for their release.
A number of activists on Facebook called for the women to be released immediately.
Turkish forces, with the participation of the Syrian armed opposition groups, took control of the city of Afrin on the 18th of March 2018.
On the occasion of the third anniversary of the Turkish invasion of Afrin, the Syrian Democratic Council said that during three years, Turkey, through its army and its mercenary groups, has displaced more than 80% of Afrin’s original population.