Rojava based Hawar News Agency (ANHA) reported that the Turkish-backed Jabha al-Shamiya mercenaries carried out a raid in Ashrafiya neighborhood in central Afrin on August 25.

78-year-old man Mihyedîn Oso and his wife, 74-year-old Horiye Bekir were abducted during the raid.

According to reports from the ground, the elderly couple were tied up together and tortured. While the man lost his life during torture, the woman suffered injuries on the face and chest. She further suffered an internal bleeding which caused her death after 12 days.