In its report on human rights violations and war crimes committed by invading forces in the Turkish occupation zone of Afrin, the Human Rights Organisation of Afrin documented at least 96 abductions in the months of March and April. According to this report, four of the abducted civilians were women. During the same period, four elderly people were executed by the occupation forces.

In its balance sheet, the organization also reported that about 6,000 olive trees have been cut down in Dêr Belût and Jindires.

On the other hand, occupation forces robbed the historical artifacts at the Til Endelîb and Cirnas mounds in the villages of Istêr and Senara. The invaders also desecrated the grave of scholar Şêx Mustefa Îdrîs, destroyed a mosque in Shiye district and demolished the 'Şehîd Avesta Xabûr' cemetery of martyrs. The graveyard was then turned into an animal market.

Before the invasion, Afrin was a largely war-free, multi-ethnic region and a safer haven for hundreds of thousands of displaced people from other parts of Syria who had fled the disaster of war and destruction. Since the canton was occupied by Turkey and its Islamist proxies in March 2018, robbery, kidnappings and ransom have been the order of the day.

According to Bekir Elo, the co-chair of the Executive Council of the Canton of Afrin, the same picture can be seen in the neighbouring Shehba: "Human rights violations by the occupying forces are now daily occurrences in Shehba as well. The aim is to depopulate this region as well. The ignorance and silence of the international community leads to the continuation of violations and crimes.”