Dozens of Kurdish civilians abducted by gang groups in Azaz

Al-Nusra and Ahrar Al-Sham gangs have abducted dozens of Kurds after stopping 7 passenger buses on Aleppo-Azaz road. The whereabouts of the kidnapped civilians is not known.

Al-Nusra and Ahrar Al-Sham gangs have abducted dozens of Kurds after stopping 7 passenger buses on Aleppo-Azaz road. The whereabouts of the kidnapped civilians is not known.

The AKP-guided gangs of Al-Nusra and Ahrar Al-Sham are continuously targeting the civilian population in the areas under their occupation in the Syrian territory.

According to reports by local sources, Al-Qaeda affiliated Al-Nusra and Ahrar Al-Sham groups are recently bringing in reinforcements to Azaz region. The gangs have set up a check point on the road between Aleppo and Azaz where they are stopping buses and abducting travelling civilians. The aftermath of abductions remains unknown.

Since early this morning, the mentioned gang groups have stopped 7 passenger buses travelling from Aleppo to Efrîn and kidnapped dozens of Kurdish civilians from Dêr Cemal village of Azaz after performing an ID check on the passengers. The civilians were reportedly detained by gangs because of their Kurdish identity.

The AKP-backed gang groups had previously detained dozens of Kurdish civilians in İdlib region and no news has been received from them so far.