Invaders kidnap 13 people in Afrin

The invading Turkish state forces and allied mercenaries are reported to have kidnapped at least 13 people in the villages in the Cindirêsê and Sherawa districts of Afrin.

According to information obtained from local sources, soldiers affiliated with the invading Turkish state used violence against 3 young people from Cindirêsê near the Syrian-Turkish border and kidnapped them along with another person.

The names of the kidnapped people, three of whom are minors, are as follows: Izedîn Reşid (17) from the Hemam village in Cindirêsê, Silava Eyûb Îsa (27) from Afrin's Zêdiyê neighbourhood, Nûredîn Emin (16) and Mihemed El Îsa (17) from the Birc Ebdala village in Şêrawa.

The so-called 'Military Police', a paramilitary criminal organization established by the Turkish state in the occupation zone, kidnapped a person named Feysel Hesen El Mihemed (39) in Cindirêsê.

Moreover, the Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) group kidnapped Mihemed Ehmed Ebdo and Xelîl Henîf from Sherawa's Kibêşîn and Fafirtînê villages.

The al-Hamzat, another mercenary group backed by the Turkish state, kidnapped locals named Mehmûd Ehmed, Mihemed Elî, Yûsif El Qasim, Xelîl Îbrahîm, Cuma Seydo and Merwan Seydo from the Basûtê village of Sherawa and took them to an unknown place.