The Syrian Observatory For Human Rights

Ankara-backed factions arrest more than ten civilians in Syria’s Afrin

During the last few days of last week, and as part of continuous abuses against Afrin’s Kurds, Turkish-backed factions carried out raids and arrests of more than ten people, including a woman in Bulbul village of the city of Afrin, northwest of Aleppo, local sources told SOHR.

According to the Syrian Observatory sources, the people were arrested after various charges were brought against them, most notable was previous fighting in the ranks of the “self-administration” during its control of the city of Afrin and its countryside.