75 women were kidnapped in Syria’s Afrin by Turkish groups during 2021
QAMISHLI, Syria (North Press) – The Turkish-backed Syrian armed opposition factions committed 49 killing cases in the Turkish-controlled city of Afrin, northern Syria, including 13 women and 13 children, from the beginning of 2021 until the end of November, the Human Rights Organization-Afrin said on Tuesday.
The armed factions continue the process of demographic change in Afrin, from building mosques and settlements through Qatari and Kuwaiti associations, the organization added.
It indicated that the factions kidnapped 655 people, including 75 women, five minors and a baby girl.
16,500 trees were cut down for firewood trade, and more than 5,000 trees were burned, in addition to seizing more than 11,000 trees, and burning tens of hectares of agricultural land, the organization told North Press.
The organization noted that Turkey and Turkish-backed factions continue shelling the area, where four people (two women and two children) were killed in shelling targeting the city of Tel Rifaat town, in Aleppo northern countryside in early January.
The Human Rights Organization-Afrin pointed out that 22 people were killed and 32 others wounded, including women and children, in the bombing of the Turkish-backed factions on the city of Afrin in mid-June.
The city of Afrin and its villages, north of Aleppo, have been controlled by Turkish forces and the affiliated factions since March 2018.
The Afrin region has been witnessing cases of killing, kidnapping and arrest, in addition to frequent bombings, amid the inability of the factions controlling it to settle the security in the region.