The Syrian Observatory For Human Rights

Turkish border guards kill young man from Idlib countryside, as he tries to cross into Turkey

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights has documented the death of a young man from the village of Bzapour in Jabal al-Zawiya, after being shot dead by Turkish border guards as he tried to cross into Turkey from the Idlib countryside.

 

 

Yesterday, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights documented the death of a young man from al-Bab area, after being shot dead by Turkish border guards as he tried to enter Turkish territory illegally from the northern Aleppo countryside.

 

This brings the number of people who have been killed by Turkish border guards to nine, including three children, while they were trying to cross into Turkey illegally in Idlib, al-Hasaka and Aleppo since earlier 2021.

 

According to Syrian Observatory statistics, the number of Syrian civilians who have been killed by the Turkish Jandarma since the beginning of the Syrian Revolution, has risen to 469 including 86 children under the age of eighteen and 44 females over the age of eighteen.