The invading Turkish army continues to commit crimes against the people in Afrin Canton. The Turkish army continues to oppress the Afrin people remaining to migrate and to replace them with mercenaries families.

Turkish intelligence and mercenaries kidnapped 4 civilians from Afrin at the end of June.

Mercenaries under the so-called Military Police kidnapped a civilian named Mihemed Reşo (35) in the village of Derwîş in Shera on 29 June. No news has been heard from him since.

According to the information received from sources in the region, the Firqêt El Hemzat group affiliated to the Turkish state kidnapped two elderly people in the village of Goliya jêrin in Raco, also in Afrin. While it is not known where the abducted people were taken, it was learned that the mercenaries demanded a large ransom in exchange for releasing the civilians.

Sources reported that the names of the abducted were Xelil Ibrahim Bilal (65) and Mistefa Mihemed Yusif (60).

It was also stated that the Al Hemzat mercenaries affiliated with the Turkish state kidnapped a civilian named Eli Mihemed Arif from the village of Goliya Jêrin and subjected him to torture for 10 days while in custody.

It was also stated that Turkish intelligence abducted lawyer Reşid Kekeç Mihemed in the village of Qizilbaş in the Bilbil district of Afrin on June 28.

According to the information provided, Reşid Kekeç Mihemed is a member of the “Kurdish Independents Foundation (Weqfeya Serxwebûnên Kurd)” founded by the Turkish state and under the leadership of a group called Ebduleziz Temo.