Near Turkey borders | Faction members attempt to disperse new protests against Turkish electricity company

Aleppo province: SOHR activists have reported that residents in Al-Salama camp near Turkish borders went out on protests in Azaz countryside northern of Aleppo, against the corruption of Turkish electricity company that provides the area with power, where members of Turkish-backed factions attempted to disperse the protestors. However, no casualites have been reported yet.

It is worth noting that protests took place in “Euphrates Shield” and “Olive Branch” areas in Aleppo countryside.

Yesterday, SOHR activists reported that members of the police shot a protester while they were trying to disperse protests against Turkish electricity companies in Jinderes area in Afrin countryside north-western of Aleppo, injuring him.

It is worth noting that the injured protestor was displaced from Deir Ezzor and a member of Jaish Al-Sharqiyah faction, however, he didn’t carry a weapon during the protests. Jinderes is witnessing an alert among Jaish Al-Sharqiyah faction amid public fears of armed clashes.

Meanwhile, Al-Bab city eastern of Aleppo witnessed protests against the Turkish electricity company, and protestors in Marae’ city northern of Aleppo set the headquarters of the Local Council on fire, in light of ongoing public protests chanting “Syria is free country… Turkish people should leave.”

It is worth noting that the electricity in areas held by Turkish forces and their proxies is provided by “STE” and “AK energy” Turkish companies.

SOHR activists reported that public protests expanded to include other areas held by Turkish forces and their proxies in Aleppo countryside, where people protested in Marae’, Soran, A’zaz and Jinderes against the Turkish electricity comany, while protestors in Marae’ broke into the company and set it on fire.

SOHR activists monitored high tension in Afrin, where the Governor’s headquarters guard and military police opened fire to seperate protestors, amid confirmed reports of the injury of two civilians.

Earlier yesterday, SOHR activists monitored a sit in by residents in Afrin, which is controlled by Turkish forces and their proxies north western of Aleppo, in front of the Turkish company “STE”, following the violations and the repeated cutting of power for technical faults, where the protestors broke into the building and sabotaged and destroyed its contents.