The looting of Turkish soldiers and their allied gangs in Afrin have been reported on extensively in the international press. The US, who have been silent since the beginning of the invasion, issued a statement that they are “concerned” after the looting was reported on.

AFP has documented the Afrin invasion with the following photographs.

“On Sunday night, AFP reporters witnessed the men who looted the majority of shops, vehicles, animals and personal belongings leave the city.”

“Belongings stolen in a tractor trailer”

The newspaper Le Monde also published this photodocumentary.

The following photograph was published with the caption, “Before Ankara’s intervention, Afrin was the only region in Syria that was protected from the war and destruction.”

“Syrian insurgents tore down the statue of mythical Kurdish hero Kawa the Ironsmith which stood at the intersection in the city.”