Turkish occupation mercenaries kidnap more than 30 civilians in Afrin area in Aleppo countryside

Aleppo, (ST) – The Turkish occupation forces and their terrorist mercenaries continued their crimes against

the people in their areas of deployment, as they kidnapped a number of civilians in the Afrin area in the northern countryside of Aleppo.

 Local sources told SANA that, the mercenaries of the Turkish occupation forces from the so-called “Syrian Front” and the so-called “Sultan Murad faction” imposed a suffocating siege on the residents of the villages of Shakata and Qarqalaq in Afrin area in the northwestern countryside of Aleppo.

During the past hours, Turkish occupation mercenaries launched a campaign of raids on citizens’ homes and kidnapped more than 30 civilians and took them to an unknown destination.

The sources pointed out that, the abductees were subjected to the worst forms of torture and insults for daring to  claim their properties where their families resided that were seized by the mercenaries of the Turkish occupation.

The sources pointed out that, the state of anger and the poor economic situation is as a result of preventing the terrorists from entering and leaving their homes and going to their daily work.

On the 17th of this month, terrorist groups from the so-called “Al-Sham Filaq”, “Military Police” and “Mohammed Al-Fateh faction” affiliated with the Turkish occupation forces raided houses in the village of Jamla in Jindires district in Afrin and the village of Maamlo in Ma’batli district in the northern countryside of Aleppo and kidnapped five civilians, including two brothers.

The Turkish occupation and its mercenaries continue to launch raid and kidnapping  campaigns in their areas of control, within the framework of the Turkish regime’s plans to pressure and displace the people of the region and seize their properties and fields.

Raghda Sawas