According to local sources, the occupying Turkish army and its mercenary allies have kidnapped Abdulhemid Silêman and his wife Xalîde Silêman in the city center of Afrin on 25 September.

It was reported that the invaders also kidnapped a civilian named Mihemed Ehmed Mamo from the village of Çobana in the district of Raco on 30 September.

According to a different source in the region, military police officers from the occupying Turkish state kidnapped 30 civilians from Gurzêlê village in the city center of Afrin on 4 October.

Some of the civilians who have been kidnapped have been named as: Jihad Sibhî Nasir (45), Rêzan Hesen Nasir (35), Ehmed Wehîd Ebdo (80), Osman Hemo, Rêzan Hemo (35), Mihemed Yûsif Hemkiro (37), Yahya Hemkiro (55), Zechariah Yehiya (25), Bekir Henan Ewaş (65), Nuri Şikrî Ewaş (60) and Ferhad Şêx Ebdo.

Conflict between mercenary groups

New clashes between the mercenary groups linked to the occupying Turkish state have been going on since Saturday. Clashes have been reported in Afrin city center and Jinderes districts.