Unknown attackers kill, wound people in Syria’s Afrin
IDLIB, Syria (North Press) – On Friday, an IDP from Idlib, northwest Syria, was killed and another was wounded by unknown attackers in Rajo region in the countryside of Afrin, northwest Syria.
Local sources from the region told North Press that unknown attackers opened fire on a car near a crossroad to the village of Chaqmaq in Rajo region, which is run by the Second Legion of the Turkish-backed factions of the Syrian National Army (SNA).
The sources added that the attack resulted in the killing of Abdulkarim Doghaim, in his fifties, and the wounding of Ahmad al-Nemir Doghaim, in his thirties, they are IDPs from the town of Jarjanaz in the eastern countryside of Idlib.
So far, local authorities in the region have not commented on the incident.
Afrin has been under the occupation of the Turkish forces and their affiliated Syrian opposition factions, also known as the Syrian National Army (SNA) since March 2018 following the so-called “Olive Branch” military operation to push away the Kurdish People’s Protection Units (YPG) under the pretext of protecting “Turkish national security.”
The operation caused the displacement of about 300,000 of the original inhabitants of the Kurds of Afrin who have been taking shelter in 42 villages and five camps in Aleppo northern countryside, locally known as Shahba region, since then.