Two civilians were kidnapped at a checkpoint outside the town of Qibarê. The checkpoint is operated jointly by mercenaries from the so-called Syrian National Army (SNA) and the Turkish intelligence service MIT. Another civilian was abducted from the Şemarîn hospital in Azaz.

One of those abducted was Bîreqdar Mihemed Mistefa (51), who was on his way to his home village and was kidnapped by the MIT near Qibarê. He had responded to the call of the so-called Kurdish National Council (ENKS) and wanted to return to his village near Afrin. So far nothing is known about his fate.

On the other hand, Xelîl Tahir Mihemed was kidnapped and taken to a prison near Mare. 26-year-old Reşîd Hebeş was abducted from Şemarîn Hospital near Azaz by "anti-terrorist units" of the Turkish occupation forces.

The occupation forces exercise a regime of terror over the Afrin region. The civilian population is often at the mercy of displacements and abductions without protection. The kidnappings are part of the occupation's policy to drive out the Kurdish population and also serve to finance the mercenaries through ransom extortion.