On different charges | Turkey-backed factions arrest civilians of Afrin and demand ransom

Aleppo province: Patrol of Turkey-backed military police arrested a man and his father at the frontlines of Qatamah village near Sheran in Afrin countryside after their return to their villages from Aleppo city on August 15.

On August 12, Turkey-backed factions arrested a young man from Kafr Safra village in Jendires district in western Afrin at one of the checkpoints that were deployed near Jendires district and Afrin city, while he was heading to Afrin city, but accusations for his arrest remained unknown.

Meanwhile, al-Sham Corps arrested a young man from Jendires on charges of serving the self-conscription service in the former Autonomous Administration to turn it into a bad reputation Iyska village prison.

On August 15, a patrol of the military police and al-Sham Corps in Jolmah village near Jendires arrested a civilian from the village on charges of serving for the Autonomous Administration demanding his relatives to pay a ransom to release them.

On the other hand, Soliman Shah faction that control areas of karmatiq and Sheikh al-Hadid arrested two sisters after they returned back from Lebanon and asked their relatives to pay large ransom for their release.

Also, on August 15, SOHR activists reported that members of Turkey-backed al-Sham Corps arrested two siblings who are a young male and female from Jolmah village near Jendires neighborhood in Afrin on charges of serving in the autonomous defense in the former Autonomous Administration and asked their family for ransom to release them.