“Demographic change” in progress | Charity association builds 12 residential units in Afrin
SOHR sources have reported that charitable organizations are working on building residential units for displaced persons in north-western Syria. Despite the positive side of these construction operations, they are still considered a part of “demographic change” in the region through these charitable associations which are clearly supported by the Turks.
In this context, the Syrian Observatory activists have reported that a charitable association called “Basma” is working on building a residential village in Shadir village in Sherawa countryside (Jabal Laylon) in Afrin countryside.
The association aims to build 12 residential units, consisting of 144 apartments, in the first phase, for the resettlement of families affiliated to pro-Turkey factions, especially “Turkmen”.
The new village is built with the support of the Kuwaiti-backed association of “White Hands”, and it includes the building of three-story-style apartments with each floor containing four apartments, in addition to building a mosque and a health center. the project also provides a drinking water , electricity, road and sewage networks.
It is worth noting that Afrin region is witnessing a significant presence of associations and organizations that build residential units for the displaced persons, while camps in Idlib are still covering large spaces of the province.
According to SOHR statistics, more than 270,000 people of the families belonging to factions loyal to Ankara, and the displaced persons from the countryside of Damascus, Rif Dimashq, Hama, Homs, Idlib, and western Aleppo, based on Turkish-Russian brokered deals, have been settled in houses and properties seized from their real owners in Afrin, while others have been settled in camps and makeshift camps near the city of Afrin, Muhammadiyah village in Jindires, Afraz village in Maabataly, cities of Rajo and Bulbul, villages of Kafr Janah Deir Sawwan.
Recently, the Turkish forces and factions have started the establishment of seven model villages for settling those displaced people coming from other provinces in light of the demographic change plans. The new villages are built by Turkish organizations, like the Disaster And Emergency Management (AFAD) and other Gulf countries. These villages are located in southern Shadirrah village, Sheikh Mohammed Mountain northern Kafr Safrah- Jindires, Ligah area between the two villages of Karmatlaq and Jiqla Tahtani, Shie/Shiekh al-Hadid near the hospital, and another mountainous site near the village of Hag Hasna- Jindires, and another site near the village of “Khalta”-Shirro.)