{"id":4301,"date":"2019-07-08T15:27:42","date_gmt":"2019-07-08T12:27:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stj-sy.org\/syria-56-persons-arrested-by-the-national-army-in-afrin\/"},"modified":"2019-07-08T18:41:47","modified_gmt":"2019-07-08T15:41:47","slug":"syria-56-persons-arrested-by-the-national-army-in-afrin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stj-sy.org\/en\/syria-56-persons-arrested-by-the-national-army-in-afrin\/","title":{"rendered":"Syria: 56 Persons Arrested by the “National Army” in Afrin"},"content":{"rendered":"

In June 2019, the Kurdish majority Syrian area of Afrin, held by the Turkish Army[1]<\/a> and the National Army, affiliated with the Syrian Interim Government\/National Coalition for Syrian Revolutionary and Opposition Forces, located north-western Aleppo province, bore witness to raids, accompanied by arrests and detentions which targeted 56 persons, including a woman. Of the arrestees, 12 were released; 9 others were transferred to central prisons in Afrin and Azaz. The fate of the rest had not yet been known at the time of writing this report – June 4, 2019.  The area also suffered a few money and jewellery thefts, which corresponded to the raids and arrests, as reported by the field researchers of Syrians for Truth and Justice\/STJ.<\/p>\n

STJ\u2019s field researchers, spreading in five of Afrin\u2019s cities and villages, documented the names of the persons held captive during the raids and arrest campaigns in June 2019. They also said that the Civil Police[2]<\/a>, backed by a group of Turkish forces and the Military Police, as well as the Hamza\/Hamzat Division[3]<\/a>, the Political Security Branch and al-Waqqas Brigade[4]<\/a>, were responsible for these campaigns.<\/p>\n

One of the released persons, who was detained in the Maratah Prison, named after the village<\/a> where it is located, described the conditions of his arrest:<\/p>\n

\u201cDuring the investigation, we were beaten and tortured, not to mention the insults and humiliations. The investigation was a thorough one; it covered all that we had done through life, since birth to the present moment. Most of the questions focused on our role under the Protection Units, the sort of affiliation we had with it, and also our relations with the Syrian regime. In the prison, we were forced to perform the five prayers.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

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1. Arrests in Ma\u2019abatli District:<\/h4>\n

On June 14, 2019, the Civil Police initiated a raid and arrest campaign against the village of Awlad Arab\/Arabou<\/a>, on which it arrested: Rasheed Habsho, Ibrahim Khalil, Firas Habash, Mohammad Habash, Ali Mohammad, Mustafa Youssef, Mohammad Nour, Said Jammki, Nassrat Entabi and A\u2019aref Mustafa.<\/p>\n

On June 29, 2019, the Civil Police has also conducted an arrest camping in the village of Ma\u2019abatli\/Mubata, arresting Izzat Shevan, Farhat Hmmaj, Hussain Shaikh Breem, Mohammad Ali Ramu, Khabat Baker, Jwan Khujah, Mustafa Khujah, Mohammad Shaikho, Ezzeddin Zainah, Ali Jujak, Shukri Mousa, Hassan Shaikho and Mustafa A\u2019ajoulah.<\/p>\n

The majority of the arrestees, according to STJ\u2019s field researcher, were transferred to a prison in the village of Maratah, where arrestees are usually released after paying a fine.<\/p>\n

2. Arrests in Sharran District:<\/h4>\n

On June 10, 2019, the Civil Police, accompanied by Turkish forces, conducted an arrest campaign in the village of al-Duha\/Metina<\/a>, under which three men and a woman were arrested to be released only two days later, STJ\u2019s field researcher reported.<\/p>\n

The arrestees are Farhad Haj Abdo, Issam Abdulhannan Omar, Rasheed Sido and Mrs. Faidan Hussain, the head of the Komin(Commune)\/local administration in the village.<\/p>\n

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3. Arrests in Afrin District:<\/h4>\n

On June 21, 2019, The Hamza\/Hamzat Division, along with the Military Police, has conducted a raid and arrest campaign in the Kefer Zita village<\/a>, arresting 12 persons, including a child. STJ field researcher quoted several of the village\u2019s people, who bore witness to the raid, saying that the personnel of the Military Police have stolen\/seized a motorcycle, a car, cellphones and sums of money amounting to 200 thousand Syrian Pounds, while they beat and verbally insulted the people during the inspections.<\/p>\n

STJ\u2019s field researcher documented the arrest of several persons on the charge of belonging to \u201cProtection Units-affiliated sleeper cells\u201d, who have all been transferred to the Azaz Central Prison. The arrestees are Mohammad Abdo Farid, who was beaten and tortured, Wardeen Ahmad Mohammad, Bashar Mohammad Suleiman, Adnan Abdo Abdo, Ali Mohamad Klah Khairy and Mohammad Hassan Suleiman.<\/p>\n

Abdo Mahmoud Abdo and the child Ibrahim Zuhair Mohammad (the 15 years old son of the Mukhtar[5]<\/a>). None of them had yet been released at the time of writing this report.<\/p>\n

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In addition to the above mentioned, the following were also arrested:  Ali Klah Khairy, Bashar Mohammad Suleiman, Omar Mohammad Suleiman, Khalil Hassan Abdo, Zuhair Aziz Mohammad (the Mukhtar), and Khairo Hassan Suleiman; however, they were all released five days into their detention.<\/p>\n

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In the village of Tellef<\/a>, which houses about 10 families only, as the Turkish forces prevent the people\u2019s return to their homes for having established a military base there, the Hamza\/Hamzat Division, accompanied by a group of the Military Police, conducted a raid on June 21, 2019, in the village and arrested the young man Dejuar Haj Khalil, for they found a military outfit of the People\u2019s Protection Units in the place where he resides. Quoiting one of the village\u2019s people, STJ\u2019s field researcher reported that the young man is a shepherded and his house is originally located near the Military Base, the reason why he was prevented from living there and was forced to reside in another, based in the village\u2019s vicinity. The latter house belongs to one of the Units\u2019 personnel, who left the area, leaving their personal belongings behind. Upon raiding the house, the military outfit and other possessions were found, causing the arrest of Dejuar.<\/p>\n

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In the city of Afrin, on June 25, 2019, the Political Security arrested the young man A\u2019aref Hamou for unidentified reasons and released him a week later, according to STJ\u2019s field researcher.<\/p>\n

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4. Arrests in Jindires District:<\/h4>\n

On June 21, 2019, the village of Kefer Dali<\/a> suffered a raid and arrest campaign at night, undertaken by the Hamza\/Hamzat Division, along with a group of the Military Police. During the incident, five persons were arrested and the Mukhtar\u2019s car, a Pickup, was confiscated.<\/p>\n

STJ\u2019s field researcher documented the names of the arrestees as thus: Mustafa Abdullqader, the village\u2019s Mukhtar, Omar Abdulrahman Khelo, Mustafa Abdulrahman Khelo, Abdulrahman Abdulqader and Jaman Bin Hussain Hamakli.<\/p>\n

On the same day, the Kafr Dal\u012b al Fawq\u0101n\u012b village witnessed a raid and arrest campaign by the Hamza\/Hamzat Division and a group of the Military Police, which ended with the arrest of two men; Shukri Mohammad Mustafa and Shukri Walid Isso, in addition to the theft\/seizure of six cellphones, a sum of money estimated at about 900 thousand Syrian pounds and some jewllery (bracelets and other belongings), STJ\u2019s field researcher reported, quoting several of the village\u2019s people.<\/p>\n

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5. Arrests in Shaykh Hadid District:<\/h4>\n

For a whole week, the village of Senar\u00ea, reported STJ\u2019s field researcher, was a target for several arrest campaigns, which started on the 5th and ended on the 9th of June 2019. The campaigns were carried out by the al-Waqqas Brigade, alongside the Civil Police.<\/p>\n

A number of the area\u2019s residents told STJ\u2019s field researcher that the Civil Police has arrested Zakarya Hassan Mustafa, who worked as a forest ranger during the Autonomous Administration\u2019s control of the area, and Abdo Mohammad Khelo, who was a conscript in the ranks of the Protection Units. The two young men were transported to the city of Afrin, where investigation was to be continued.<\/p>\n

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In sync, the al-Waqqas Brigade has arrested both Zakaray Mohammad Makmilo and Koleen Amrou and released them on June 14, 2019. The brigade has also arrested A\u2019aref Shaikh Mohammad and Mohammad Hannan Alo and let them go one day from their detention.<\/p>\n

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[1]<\/a> In the report it published on August 2, 2018, Amnesty International described the Turkish presence in the Syrian city of Afrin as a \u201cmilitary occupation.\u201d For further details refer to the following: \u201cSyria: Turkey must stop serious violations by allied groups and its own forces in Afrin,\u201d Amnesty International. August 2, 2018. Last visited: July 5, 2019. https:\/\/www.amnesty.org\/en\/latest\/news\/2018\/08\/syria-turkey-must-stop-serious-violations-by-allied-groups-and-its-own-forces-in-afrin\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n

[2]<\/a> Sometimes it is referred to as the National Police or the Police Force and Public Security in Afrin. Formed by Turkey, its personnel were trained inside Turkey; its general command, however, was entrusted to General Abdulrazzaq Asslan al-Laz. For his part, Lieutenant Colonel Rami Tlass\/Abu Youssef was assigned the commander of the Free Police in Afrin. Born in al-Rastan area, rural Homs, Tlass used to operate under one of the opposition\u2019s armed groups in Eastern Ghouta, prior to the Syrian regular forces\u2019 control of it.<\/p>\n

[3]<\/a> One of the military formations of the opposition\u2019s armed groups that participated in Operation Olive Branch, which the Turkish army spearheaded along with Syrian opposition armed groups. The body is headed by Lieutenant Sayif Abu Baker and the Hamza\/Hamzat Division, functioning under the National Army Brigade\/Second Legion, which is affiliated with the Syrian Interim Government\/National Coalition for Syrian Revolutionary and Opposition Forces. This division was founded in April 2016, after the integration of the following military bodies: The Hamza Legion, Dhi Qar Legion, Ra\u2019aed al-Shaml\/Thunder of the North Legion, Marea al-Sumood\/Marea of Steadfastness Legion and the Special Task Legion, according to a statement published on April 24, 2016. The body was officially named the Hamza Division-Special Forces.<\/p>\n

[4]<\/a> One of the opposition\u2019s armed groups, affiliated with the National Army, the First Legion-13th Division-Brigade 133.<\/p>\n

[5]<\/a> Governor of a village.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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