Violations in Afrin | Al-Hamzat Division arrest civilians in Ma’batli district

Aleppo Province – Syrian Observatory for Human Rights: Reliable sources have informed SOHR that the Turkish-backed Al-Hamzat Division has raided several houses in Ma’batli district in rural Afrin in north-western Aleppo. According to SOHR sources, the division has arrested three civilians for unknown reasons and took them to unknown destination. This development comes as a part of ongoing violations by Turkish-backed factions throughout Afrin.

On November 20, SOHR sources reported that Turkish-backed factions violations continued against the remaining residents in Afrin in the north-west of Aleppo, as SOHR activists said that members of “Suqur Al-Shamal” and “Al-Muntaser Bellah” felled hundreds of olive trees and stole others belonging to civilians in Bolbol and Ma’batli countryside.