ERBIL (Kurdistan 24) – According to a report released earlier this week by a human rights organization, at least 877 civilians throughout 2020 were arrested by Turkish-backed militias and Turkish intelligence in the Afrin region of northern Syria.
This comes despite promises by the Syrian opposition to investigate and stop abuses by Turkish-backed groups in areas occupied by Turkey and its proxy militias, such as Afrin, Tal Abyad, and Ras al-Ain (Serekaniye).
- Efrin (Afrin)
- Kidnappings & Abductions
- Missing Women of Afrin
- Rojava (Kurdish region in Syria)
- Serê Kaniyê (Ras al-Ayn) (Rojava (Kurdish region in Syria))
- Tal Abyad (Rojava, Kurdish Region in Syria)
- Turkey’s proxy militias
- Turkish-backed Syrian National Army (SNA)
- United Nations’ Independent International Commission of Inquiry on Syria
- War Crimes
- War Crimes (Turkey)
ERBIL (Kurdistan 24) – A new report issued on Tuesday by the United Nations’ Independent International Commission of Inquiry on Syria suggests that Turkish-backed groups in the embattled Middle Eastern nation have “committed torture, cruel treatment and outrages upon personal dignity, including rape and other forms of sexual violence, which constitute war crimes.”
It stated that the Turkish-supported Syrian National Army (SNA) continues to unlawfully arrest Kurdish citizens in areas under their control in northern Syria such as in Tal Abyad, Afrin, and Ras al-Ain (Serekaniye).