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| Turkish-backed factions sell houses of indigenous people of Afrin |
| 2022-02-11 |
ALEPPO NORTHERN COUNTRYSIDE, Syria (North Press) – A member of the Turkish-backed al-Hamza Division factions sold a house owned by an indigenous resident in the village of Kafr Zeit, in the city of Afrin, north of Aleppo, north Syria for $1,500. A member of al-Hamza Division, hails from Rif Dimashq, sold a house of Walid Nebo, located in al-Ashrafiya neighborhood in the city of Afrin, a local source told North Press. The faction member had sold Nebo’s house to another member of the same faction, who hails from the town of Tel al-Daman in the southern countryside of Aleppo, the source added. The Turkish-backed armed Syrian opposition factions continue to seize the homes of the indigenous people of Afrin, and sell or rent them to settlers, according to human rights and press reports. In 2020, the Human Rights Organization-Afrin documented the seizure of 250 homes belonging to the indigenous people of Afrin by Turkish-backed factions. The city of Afrin and its villages, north of Aleppo, have been controlled by Turkish forces and the affiliated factions since March 2018. Since then, the region has been witnessing ongoing security chaos accompanied by infighting among militants of the Turkish-backed factions, arrests, and kidnappings amid the factions’ disability to settle the security and spread safety. Reporting by Farouq Hamo |
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