{"id":36808,"date":"2020-05-29T19:55:22","date_gmt":"2020-05-29T19:55:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/?p=36808"},"modified":"2020-05-29T19:55:22","modified_gmt":"2020-05-29T19:55:22","slug":"Turkish-backed groups ethnically cleanse Yazidis in Afrin - Nadia Murad ","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/36808\/","title":{"rendered":"Turkish-backed groups ethnically cleanse Yazidis in Afrin &#8211; Nadia Murad"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>North-Press Agency&nbsp; <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In a tweet on Friday, Yazidi activist and Nobel Peace Prize winner Nadia Murad said that Turkish-backed armed opposition groups &quot;carry out ethnic cleansing&quot; against Yazidis in Afrin, northwestern Syria.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Murad added that these groups &quot;kidnap women, kill civilians, and silently destroy shrines,&quot; noting &quot;the failure of the international community to draw attention to these crimes.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Human rights organizations accuse these groups of systematically committing violations against Yazidis in Afrin.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>On April 25th, the &quot;Ezdina&quot; 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