Turkish-backed mercenaries introducing themselves as ‘Military Police’ stormed the house of a civilian from the village of Şêxûtka in Afrin’s Mabata district. The man, identified as Sedellah Omer Mihemed Seydî, was kidnapped and taken to an unknown location.

In the meantime, Mihemed Şukri Şêx Seydi, who was kidnapped by Turkey’s mercenaries over a month ago, has not been heard from since.

The so-called ‘Military Police’ also abducted a 55-year-old Helime Çolo from the village of Gewenda in Rajo district on May 24. The aftermath of the civilian remains unknown.

On the other hand, 25-year-old Nîzar Mihemed Bozan was kidnapped at a checkpoint on the road between Afrin and its Jindires district. According to local sources, the young man was abducted by Turkish intelligence service MIT.

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.