Families flee Turkish-held Tel Abyad in northern Syria
AIN ISSA, Syria (North Press) – Four families moved from the city of Tel Abyad in Raqqa to Ain Issa, also in Raqqa, northern Syria, pushed by inflation and deteriorating living conditions, an official from Ain Issa said on Sunday.
Since the invasion of Tel Abyad in 2019 by Turkish forces and their affiliated Syrian opposition factions (also known as the Syrian National Army/SNA), people have displaced as a result of worsening security and economic conditions.
In the early hours of Sunday, the Turkish forces and the SNA shelled the countryside of Ain Issa with heavy weaponry and artillery round.
Mustafa Muhammad, an official in the municipality of Ain Issa, told North Press that four families, including 24 individuals mostly women and children, reached Ain Issa and were in a terrible condition as they walked a long way among trenches and landmines.
The families fled the violations committed by armed men who assaulted them and seized their properties and cattle, the official said.
The four families hail from the two villages of Sukariya and Na’mim. They are identified as Mahmoud Muhammad al-Ali family, Jassem Muhammad Ali family, Haj Ayoub family, and Mekhlef Ismail family.
Insecurity, violations against the residents committed by the SNA, and lack of basic necessities of life are all reasons that compelled residents to leave behind houses and properties, according to Muhammad.
The municipality of Ain Issa provided the four people with a place of residence in the villages of Ain Issa according to their request, Muhammad noted.