{"id":118485,"date":"2024-11-19T10:25:12","date_gmt":"2024-11-19T10:25:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/?p=118485"},"modified":"2024-11-19T10:25:13","modified_gmt":"2024-11-19T10:25:13","slug":"sna-faction-imposes-royalties-on-olive-oil-presses-in-syrias-afrin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/118485\/","title":{"rendered":"SNA faction imposes royalties on olive oil presses in Syria&#8217;s Afrin"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>AFRIN, Syria (North Press) \u2013<\/strong> An owner of an olive oil press in Afrin, northwestern Syria, said on Tuesday that a faction of the Turkish-backed armed opposition, aka the Syrian National Army (SNA), is forcing owners of presses to pay royalties as the olive picking season comes to an end.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The owner of the press told North Press that the Hamzat&nbsp;Division imposes on press owners to provide 20 cans of olive oil (each contains 16 kg of oil) for the benefit of its security headquarters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The faction has imposed this levy in the villages of Kafr Dali Foqani, Kafr Dali Tahtani, Tel Ghazi, Faqiran, and Jolaqa, as well as Marateh, Kafr Shil and Bablit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He noted that he was forced to pay the levy, saying, &#8220;I could not refuse. 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