Rural Ras al-Ain | Civilians demonstrate against Turkish-backed factions, as violations continue

SOHR activists say that dozens of residents in the villages of Bab al-Khair, Jan Tamer and Um Ushbeh in western rural Ras al-Ain in the areas of “Peace Spring”, held a demonstration against the practices of Turkish-backed factions, such as attacking citizens and stealing agricultural crops and burning them.

Meanwhile, factions’ members opened fire on demonstrators to disperse them, injuring two people.

Turkish-backed factions continue their violations against the people in the “Peace Spring” areas. The factions’ members are collecting zakat from farmers and confiscating the crop from those who do not have official proof of land ownership.

Moreover, Turkish-backed factions confiscated 15 tons of wheat in the village of Jaradi in Ras al-Ain countryside, belonging to a peasant in charge of his dead father’s land on behalf of his bothers.

The factions demand from each farmer who harvested his crop pay the “zakat”, and the entire crop will be confiscated and the owner will be arrested if he refuses to perform this “obligatory”.