Six more locals kidnapped in Turkish-occupied Afrin

The Turkish forces and allied mercenaries continue committing crimes in the territories they have invaded in North-East Syria in violation of international law.

According to information obtained from local sources, occupation forces kidnapped 38-year-old Mihemed Efrem on February 17.

On February 11, 57-year-old Mihemed Çavreş from the village of Çiyê in Rajo district.

Another civilian, 34-year-old Mihemed Hesen Xelîl, was kidnapped from his house and taken to Marata prison.

Other sources reported that Muna El-Mukewim and his two sons, Ebdulhadî Henîf Tobal and Mihemed Henîf Tobal, were kidnapped from the village of Dêr Sewan and remanded in custody.

On the other hand, al-Amshat mercenaries have reportedly cut down 200 olive trees in the village of Kaxra in Mabata district. The trees are sold in local markets in and around the Afrin Canton.

More than 8,063 civilians kidnapped in four years of occupation

Turkey has established a regime of terror and corruption in all the regions it has occupied, particularly in Afrin, which has been invaded since March 2018. Crimes such as kidnapping, execution, torture, looting, forced migration have become rampant in the city, which has become a hotbed for war crimes.

According to what the Human Rights Organization Afrin - Syria documented, more than 8,063 civilians were kidnapped during four years of occupation, the fate of more than a third of them is still unknown, and hundreds of them were released in exchange for a huge ransom.

More than 655 civilians lost their lives, including 498 people who were killed as a result of the Turkish bombing, 90 lost their lives under torture, and more than 696 were wounded as a result of the Turkish bombing, including 303 children and 213 women.

More than 333.900 olive trees and various forest trees have been cut down, and more than a third of the area designated for cultivation, estimated at more than 11 thousand hectares, has been burned since the occupation of Afrin.