Feuding factions | Armed fight ignites in rural Afrin over revenue-sharing of looted olive

Aleppo province: SOHR sources have reported that an armed fight erupted between Sultan Murad and Malak Shah factions in Sharran district in Afrin countryside in the north-western countryside of Aleppo. According to SOHR sources, heavy machineguns were used during the clashes which followed disagreements between the two Turkish-backed factions over revenue-sharing of looted olive. Meanwhile, the indiscriminate gunshots caused damage to civilians’ houses.

 

On October 12, a girl was shot in her leg when she tried to prevent her attempted kidnap by a leader of al-Jabaha al-Shamiyah whose name is “Y.B” yesterday in Afrin. The girl was later transferred to Afrin Military Hospital, but reasons behind the accident remained unknown.

 

The incident is part of the ongoing violations by leaders and members of the Turkey-backed so-called the National Army in the areas under its control.