Afrin | Ankara-backed factions continue to arrest, assault and clamp down on civilians

Aleppo province: Syrian Observatory activists have reported that, on March 7, a joint patrol of the Turkish military police and intelligence services arrested a young man and his mother from Jaqlan village in Sheikh Al-Hadid district for “dealing with the former Autonomous-Administration.”

Yesterday, the military police arrested a civilian from Hammam village in Jendris district for unknown charges, while the people accused the man who is a member of “Independent Kurdish Association” of being worked for Turkish intelligence.

Moreover, members of military police patrol arrested a civilian from Sheikh Al-Hadid district and asked for a ransom to settle his security situation.

Syrian Observatory activists also reported that a leader of Al-Hamza brigade, who controlled Kafr Zeit village in Jendris district, severely beat two men with sticks, insulting them in plain sight of people and threatening to attack them for unknown reasons.