[NPASyria] Administrative sources of four border crossings in northern and northwestern Syria revealed, on Thursday, that
The official count.
The "The number of those forcibly deported via Bab al-Hawa border crossing in northern Idlib, northwestern Syria, to areas held by Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, formerly al-Nusra, before that it was called something else
...al-Qaeda's Syrian affiliate, from which sprang the Islamic State...(HTS — formerly al-Nusra
...formally Jabhat an-Nusrah li-Ahli al-Sham (Support Front for the People of the Levant), also known as al-Qaeda in the Levant. They aim to establish a pan-Arab caliphate. Not the same one as the Islamic State, though .. ...
Front) reached 2,579 individuals, marking the highest toll this year", an administrative source at the Bab al-Hawa crossing told North Press.
Other sources at the Bab al-Salama border crossing in northern Aleppo, northwest Syria, and Tel Abyad in northern Raqqa, northern the country, told North Press that the number of those who were deported from
...the decaying remnant of the Ottoman Empire...
via Tel Abyad crossing during September reached 4,200 individuals, while via Bab al-Salama crossing, amounted to 3,783 individuals.
The sources added that the total number of those who were deported to northwest Syria from the three crossings, in addition to Sere Kaniye border crossing, in September reached 12,355 individuals.
Turkey deports over 16,000 individuals to Syria within month incl. non-Syrians
Sep 30, 2023
[NPASyria] On Saturday, Turkish authorities deported 600 Syrian refugees, including women and children, through the Tel Abyad and Bab al-Hawa border crossings in northern Syria. The total number of deportees during September exceeded 16,000 individuals, including people of non-Syrian nationality.
This is the unofficial count.
On Monday, the Turkish authorities deported a Moroccan tourist claiming that he was Syrian. Prior to that, they had deported three Moroccans, an Algerian woman, and two Afghanis, as part of their campaign to deport Syrian refugees from their territory under the pretext of voluntary return.An administrative source at Tel Abyad border crossing stated to North Press that the Turkish authorities handed over about 120 Syrian refugees to Turkish-backed factions of the Syrian National Army (SNA) via the Tel Abyad crossing, north of Raqqa.
The Turkish-backed factions transferred the deportees to shelters where they will be investigated.
As for HTS, which controls much of northwestern Syria, it received 800 Syrian refugees, including women and their children, according to administrative sources at the Bab al-Hawa crossing.
The sources indicated that the deportation process took place after the Turkish authorities collected all personal identification documents of the refugees. The authorities also took their biometric data to ensure that they would not return to Turkish territory.
The sources in the two border crossings said that the number of the Syrian deportees since the beginning of September exceeded 16,000.