According to reports from the ground, the Turkish intelligence service (MIT) abducted 4 young locals from the village of Marate in the Turkish-occupied Afrin canton in northern Syria.

The kidnapped civilians were named as Elî Mihemed Îbrahîm (26), Mihemed Ehmed Eyûbî (27), Hemyar Mihemed Qilêc (27) and Dilyar Betal Betal (27).

The kidnapped youngsters were reportedly taken to the intelligence headquarters.

The Turkish state, with a soldiery of jihadists and right-wing extremists, established a regime of terror over Afrin, which they occupied in March 2018. Kidnapping, looting, ransomware, and displacement have been the order of the day ever since.

According to human rights defenders, the Turkish state killed 686 civilians and kidnapped 8,455 civilians in Afrin in 4 years. The fate of nearly half of the abducted remains unknown.

For the period between July 29 and August 23, the Afrin Human Rights Organization registered 101 abductions. 17 of the abductees were women. In addition, three minors were among those abducted. Often the abductees are taken to torture chambers run by mercenaries or the MIT and released after paying ransoms. However, abductees are repeatedly tortured to death and their bodies dumped in fields or other places. This creates a climate of terror and drives the Kurdish population away.