The Syrian Observatory For Human Rights

NE Syria | Turkish Jandarma kill two men from Deir Ezzor

SOHR activists have documented the death of two men from Baqrus and al-Shimaytiyah areas in Deir Ezzor province, after being shot by the Turkish Border Guard Forces “Jandarma”, while they were attempting to smuggle themselves to the Turkish territory from north-east Syria region.

 

Accordingly, the Turkish Jandarma have shot 26 civilians dead, including a woman and six children, in Idlib and al-Hasakah since early 2021, as they were attempting to cross into Turkish territory.

 

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 485 including 88 children under the age of eighteen and 45 females over the age of eighteen.