{"id":10174,"date":"2020-06-04T23:19:46","date_gmt":"2020-06-04T20:19:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stj-sy.org\/patchy-context-of-a-video-showing-demolition-of-masaken-al-shuhada-in-ras-al-ayn-sere-kaniye\/"},"modified":"2020-06-04T23:30:24","modified_gmt":"2020-06-04T20:30:24","slug":"patchy-context-of-a-video-showing-demolition-of-masaken-al-shuhada-in-ras-al-ayn-sere-kaniye","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stj-sy.org\/en\/patchy-context-of-a-video-showing-demolition-of-masaken-al-shuhada-in-ras-al-ayn-sere-kaniye\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cPatchy Context\u201d of a Video Showing Demolition of \u201cMasaken al-Shuhada\u201d in Ras al-Ayn\/Ser\u00ea Kaniy\u00ea"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Over the first half of April 2020, Syrian local media outlets and others concerned with human rights circulated photos and videos, which they reported as showing the Turkey-backed Syrian armed opposition groups demolishing Masaken al-Shuhada\/Martyrs\u2019 Residential Compound in Zaradesht neighborhood,<a href=\"#_ftn1\" name=\"_ftnref1\">[1]<\/a> Ras al-Ayn\/Ser\u00ea Kaniy\u00ea city. However, following a process of verification and investigation, it appeared that these residential blocks have been previously subjected to air raids, initiated by Turkish aircraft during the Operation Peace Spring that inflicted a massive destruction on them.<a href=\"#_ftn2\" name=\"_ftnref2\">[2]<\/a> Affected thus by the aerial shelling, the blocks were almost totally destroyed and turned inhabitable, before they were levelled by the fighters of the opposition-affiliated-National Army, which they embarked on as an act of vengeance against the residents who lived in these houses prior to the Operation Peace Spring.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-10070\" src=\"https:\/\/stj-sy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/From-Google-Earth-776x516.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"465\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stj-sy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/From-Google-Earth-776x516.jpg 776w, https:\/\/stj-sy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/From-Google-Earth-1204x800.jpg 1204w, https:\/\/stj-sy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/From-Google-Earth-677x450.jpg 677w, https:\/\/stj-sy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/From-Google-Earth-768x510.jpg 768w, https:\/\/stj-sy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/From-Google-Earth-1536x1021.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/stj-sy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/From-Google-Earth-1170x778.jpg 1170w, https:\/\/stj-sy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/From-Google-Earth-585x389.jpg 585w, https:\/\/stj-sy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/From-Google-Earth-263x175.jpg 263w, https:\/\/stj-sy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/From-Google-Earth.jpg 1592w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Photo no. (1) \u2013 A satellite image of Masaken al-Shuhada before the Operation Peace Spring.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-10076\" src=\"https:\/\/stj-sy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Screenshot_\u0662\u0660\u0662\u0660\u0660\u0664\u0661\u0667-\u0661\u0662\u0664\u0664\u0660\u0663_Facebook_1-465x516.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"444\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stj-sy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Screenshot_\u0662\u0660\u0662\u0660\u0660\u0664\u0661\u0667-\u0661\u0662\u0664\u0664\u0660\u0663_Facebook_1-465x516.jpg 465w, https:\/\/stj-sy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Screenshot_\u0662\u0660\u0662\u0660\u0660\u0664\u0661\u0667-\u0661\u0662\u0664\u0664\u0660\u0663_Facebook_1-721x800.jpg 721w, https:\/\/stj-sy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Screenshot_\u0662\u0660\u0662\u0660\u0660\u0664\u0661\u0667-\u0661\u0662\u0664\u0664\u0660\u0663_Facebook_1-405x450.jpg 405w, https:\/\/stj-sy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Screenshot_\u0662\u0660\u0662\u0660\u0660\u0664\u0661\u0667-\u0661\u0662\u0664\u0664\u0660\u0663_Facebook_1-768x853.jpg 768w, https:\/\/stj-sy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Screenshot_\u0662\u0660\u0662\u0660\u0660\u0664\u0661\u0667-\u0661\u0662\u0664\u0664\u0660\u0663_Facebook_1-585x649.jpg 585w, https:\/\/stj-sy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Screenshot_\u0662\u0660\u0662\u0660\u0660\u0664\u0661\u0667-\u0661\u0662\u0664\u0664\u0660\u0663_Facebook_1.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Photo no. (2).<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-10082\" src=\"https:\/\/stj-sy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/\u0645\u0646-\u0628\u0627\u0633\u0627\u0631\u064a-\u0641\u064a\u0633-780x457.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"410\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stj-sy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/\u0645\u0646-\u0628\u0627\u0633\u0627\u0631\u064a-\u0641\u064a\u0633-780x457.jpg 780w, https:\/\/stj-sy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/\u0645\u0646-\u0628\u0627\u0633\u0627\u0631\u064a-\u0641\u064a\u0633-768x450.jpg 768w, https:\/\/stj-sy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/\u0645\u0646-\u0628\u0627\u0633\u0627\u0631\u064a-\u0641\u064a\u0633-585x343.jpg 585w, https:\/\/stj-sy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/\u0645\u0646-\u0628\u0627\u0633\u0627\u0631\u064a-\u0641\u064a\u0633.jpg 951w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Photo no. (3).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-10088\" src=\"https:\/\/stj-sy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/\u0645\u0646-\u0628\u0627\u0633\u0627\u0631\u064a-\u064a\u0648\u062a\u064a\u0648\u0628-668x516.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"425\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stj-sy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/\u0645\u0646-\u0628\u0627\u0633\u0627\u0631\u064a-\u064a\u0648\u062a\u064a\u0648\u0628-668x516.jpg 668w, https:\/\/stj-sy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/\u0645\u0646-\u0628\u0627\u0633\u0627\u0631\u064a-\u064a\u0648\u062a\u064a\u0648\u0628-583x450.jpg 583w, https:\/\/stj-sy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/\u0645\u0646-\u0628\u0627\u0633\u0627\u0631\u064a-\u064a\u0648\u062a\u064a\u0648\u0628-585x452.jpg 585w, https:\/\/stj-sy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/\u0645\u0646-\u0628\u0627\u0633\u0627\u0631\u064a-\u064a\u0648\u062a\u064a\u0648\u0628.jpg 742w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Photo no. (4) &#8211; The four photos are taken from a video<a href=\"#_ftn3\" name=\"_ftnref3\">[3]<\/a> published by a media outlet<a href=\"#_ftn4\" name=\"_ftnref4\">[4]<\/a> on 8 April 2020, which it captioned as the Turkey-backed armed groups of the Syrian National Army demolishing Masaken al-Shuhada in Ras al-Ayn\/Ser\u00ea Kaniy\u00ea.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-10094\" src=\"https:\/\/stj-sy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/VDC-NES.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"371\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stj-sy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/VDC-NES.jpg 700w, https:\/\/stj-sy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/VDC-NES-585x334.jpg 585w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Photos no. (5) and (6) \u2013 The two photos are taken from the Violations Documentation Center in Northern Syria, which posted a photo and a video on 5 April 2020,<a href=\"#_ftn5\" name=\"_ftnref5\">[5]<\/a> captioning both as pro-Ankara armed groups demolishing Maskan al-Shuhada in a collective punishment to the residents.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-10100\" src=\"https:\/\/stj-sy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/photo_\u0662\u0660\u0662\u0660-\u0660\u0664-\u0660\u0661_\u0660\u0663-\u0664\u0664-\u0661\u0668-2-780x423.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"379\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stj-sy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/photo_\u0662\u0660\u0662\u0660-\u0660\u0664-\u0660\u0661_\u0660\u0663-\u0664\u0664-\u0661\u0668-2-780x423.jpg 780w, https:\/\/stj-sy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/photo_\u0662\u0660\u0662\u0660-\u0660\u0664-\u0660\u0661_\u0660\u0663-\u0664\u0664-\u0661\u0668-2-830x450.jpg 830w, https:\/\/stj-sy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/photo_\u0662\u0660\u0662\u0660-\u0660\u0664-\u0660\u0661_\u0660\u0663-\u0664\u0664-\u0661\u0668-2-768x416.jpg 768w, https:\/\/stj-sy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/photo_\u0662\u0660\u0662\u0660-\u0660\u0664-\u0660\u0661_\u0660\u0663-\u0664\u0664-\u0661\u0668-2-585x317.jpg 585w, https:\/\/stj-sy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/photo_\u0662\u0660\u0662\u0660-\u0660\u0664-\u0660\u0661_\u0660\u0663-\u0664\u0664-\u0661\u0668-2.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Photo no. (7) \u2013 It shows the destruction that befell Masaken al-Shuhada in Zaradesht neighborhood, Ras al-Ayn\/Ser\u00ea Kaniy\u00ea city, before and after the Operation peace Spring. The photo to the right is of a building within the compound before the Turkish military operation, launched on 9 October 2019. The photo to the left is of the same building while being demolished by the Turkey-backed Syrian opposition armed groups. Credit: A resident of Masaken al-Shuhada in Ras al-Ayn\/Ser\u00ea Kaniy\u00ea.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Syrians for Truth and Justice\/STJ tracked the evidence provided by open sources, along with the published photos and videos, and interviewed a resident of the Masaken al-Shuhada Compound in\u00a0 Ras al-Ayn\/Ser\u00ea Kaniy\u00ea and a person who witnessed the demolishment,<a href=\"#_ftn6\" name=\"_ftnref6\">[6]<\/a> concluding that the context within which the incident was reported is incomplete, for the compound was rendered almost totally destroyed by the aerial shelling that targeted it during the Turkish military operation in Northeastern Syria, namely before the factions of the National Army opted for destroying it.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">A resident of Masaken al-Shuhada Compound in Ras al-Ayn\/Ser\u00ea Kaniy\u00ea provided STJ with a video showing the extent of the damage suffered by the residential blocks after the Turkish aircraft raided them on 15 October 2020.<a href=\"#_ftn7\" name=\"_ftnref7\">[7]<\/a> In the video, filmed in November 2019, the buildings appear almost destroyed and inhabitable.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-10106\" src=\"https:\/\/stj-sy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Photos-780x378.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"339\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stj-sy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Photos-780x378.jpg 780w, https:\/\/stj-sy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Photos-768x372.jpg 768w, https:\/\/stj-sy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Photos-585x284.jpg 585w, https:\/\/stj-sy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Photos.jpg 825w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Photos no. (8), (9) and (10) \u2013 The three photos are taken from the above-mentioned video, obtained by STJ from a resident of Masaken al-Shuhada Compound in Ras al-Ayn\/Ser\u00ea Kaniy\u00ea, show the destruction of the buildings as a result of the Turkish aerial shelling during Operation Peace Spring.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Investigating into the incident, STJ fact checked the video published by local media outlets and the Violations Documentation Center in Northern Syria, in which Turkey-backed Syrian armed opposition groups are demolishing Masaken al-Shuhada Compound in Ras al-Ayn\/Ser\u00ea Kaniy\u00ea. Furthermore, STJ had interviewed a witness of the demolishment, who reported that fighters of the Sultan Murad Division, stationed in Zaradesht neighborhood, are responsible for tearing the buildings down on 25 March 2020, which they opted for as a collective punishment to their former residents on the pretext that they were affiliated with the Autonomous Administration before the Turkish invasion of the area.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"#_ftnref1\" name=\"_ftn1\">[1]<\/a> A residential compound consisting of two blocks\/buildings, encompassing six flats each. The compound was established by the Syrian government for the security officers in Ras al-Ayn\/Ser\u00ea Kaniy\u00ea. Nonetheless, as the Autonomous Administration took over the city in 2013, it handed the compound\u2019s flats to the families of their dead militants and families with whom they had close ties, calling them Masaken al-Shuhada\/ Martyrs\u2019 Residential Compound.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"#_ftnref2\" name=\"_ftn2\">[2]<\/a> On 9 October 2019, the Turkish armed forces, accompanied by the Syrian armed opposition groups, operating under the National Army, an affiliate of the Syrian Interim Government, which is in turn an offshoot of the Syrian National Coalition, invaded an area in Northeastern Syria, controlled by the Syrian Democratic Forces\/SDF, constituted of the Kurds-led People\u2019s Protection Units\/YPG. At the onset of the incursion, Turkey and the armed groups backing it randomly bombarded civilian areas, sending 200,000 persons at least on a flight of displacement.\u00a0 Ending on 22 October, 2019, the Operation Peace Spring led to Ankara and its allies\u2019 control of massive border areas in Northeastern Syria\u2014 a strip of 120 km between the two cities of Ras al-Ayn\/Ser\u00ea Kaniy\u00ea, northern al-Hasakah, and Tell Abiad, northern Raqqa.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"#_ftnref3\" name=\"_ftn3\">[3]<\/a> The video was published on YouTube: <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/BCjoxxblHrQ\">https:\/\/youtu.be\/BCjoxxblHrQ<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"#_ftnref4\" name=\"_ftn4\">[4]<\/a> The video shows fighters of the Turkey-backed National Army demolishing the houses of Masaken al-Shuhada in Zaradesht neighborhood, Ras al-Ayn\/Ser\u00ea Kaniy\u00ea. The video was posted by Pasari Video Project on Facebook on 8 April 2020. Last visited: 28 May 2020. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pasarivideoproject\/videos\/159532305308486\/\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pasarivideoproject\/videos\/159532305308486\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"#_ftnref5\" name=\"_ftn5\">[5]<\/a> \u201cPro-Turkey Factions Demolish Dozens of Civilian Houses in Tell Abiad and Ras al-Ayn as a Punishment,\u201d Violations Documentation Center in Northern Syria, 5 April 2020. Last visited: 28 May 2020.\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/vdc-nsy.com\/archives\/33027\">https:\/\/vdc-nsy.com\/archives\/33027<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"#_ftnref6\" name=\"_ftn6\">[6]<\/a> The interview was conducted online on 19 April 2020.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"#_ftnref7\" name=\"_ftn7\">[7]<\/a> The witness refused to reveal his name for security concerns, while the interview was conducted online on 19 April 2020.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Over the first half of April 2020, Syrian local media outlets and others concerned with human rights circulated photos and videos, which they reported as showing the Turkey-backed Syrian armed&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":10182,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"link","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[518],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10174","post","type-post","status-publish","format-link","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-facts-tracker","post_format-post-format-link"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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