The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) reported that the Turkish-backed al-Hamza Division have summoned headmen of the villages and towns of Maaratah, Kaziyah and Kafrdali Fuqani, which are under the Division’s control. The mercenaries asked the headmen to count the properties of civilians, who have been forcibly displaced from these areas, with the aim to seize them.

SOHR noted that the civil councils affiliated with the Turkish Intelligence had canceled the authorization documents issued by the displaced people to their relatives living in Afrin canton to manage and run their properties.

On June 17, SOHR reported that Turkish-backed militiamen of “Suleiman Shah Division” seized, on May 15, a piece of land of about 20 dunams, owned by a civilian from Afrin, in Sheikh Hadid district in the countryside of Afrin under the excuse of building a wedding hall and homes for the displaced families.

In the same context, members of al-Sham Corps which is close to Turkey forced families from Tadef town in the countryside of Aleppo to evacuate their homes by force to turn them into military bases under the excuse of the “general interest”, according to the observatory.

Also, a member of a group known as “Fedaie Baba Amr” affiliated to al-Sham Corps attacked a civilian who refused to evacuate his home in the village, where smuggling operations with regime checkpoints in the area were prevalent, SOHR added.