An economic committee in Bulbul sub-district in the countryside of Afrin imposes restrictions on olive harvesting

The Afrin-Syria Human Rights Organization said that what it described as a “policy of seizing the property of Kurdish citizens in the Afrin region” is still continuing, despite the promises made by the new authority in Damascus after the fall of the former regime on December 8, 2024.
According to the organization, the economic committee in the center of Bulbul sub-district informed the people two days ago “not to allow them to harvest the olive season until after bringing the necessary proofs,” noting that the people are “known owners and there is no dispute to them.” The organization described this measure as “a crippling means to seize the season and leave the people to suffer injustice and hunger.”
The organization also explained that in the village of Sharqia – Bulbul sub-district, on Saturday, September 27, the committee informed the returnee families after the fall of the former regime “not to harvest the olive crop even if they show their credentials,” while it imposed on the returnees before this date “a royalty of 4 US dollars for each olive tree.”
The report added that Abu Kasser, a “security leader of the Hamzat Division and close to Saif Abu Bakr and public security officials,” is still seizing about ten thousand olive trees belonging to the people of the villages (Sharqiya, Awkan, Ali Jaro, Sheikh Khorz, and Qastal Mekdad), and in turn imposes “a royalty of $4 per tree,” using “the authority of the Turkish weapon,” according to the organization.
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Violence against a Kurdish child in a school in the city of Afrin
The human rights organization Afrin – Syria documented the incident of the Kurdish child Joan Othman (12 years old) from the city of Afrin being beaten by his teacher, Jadallah, who is the director of the “Arab Union School” in the new Afrin neighborhood.
According to the child’s father, the teacher searched the student and asked him, “Where is the knife?”, and when the child denied having any knife with him, “he hit him on the face and shoulder and dropped him on the stairs.” The child’s mother confirmed that when she went to school to inquire, Professor Jadallah replied to her by saying: “Go and complain to whomever you want, and I am not asking about anyone,” as she described.
The organization pointed out that “the teacher is supposed to summon the guardian to solve any problem instead of resorting to violence,” stressing that what happened is “a violation of the right of a child in the primary stage.”

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Closure of Aleppo-Deir Hafer road without explaining the reasons
The human rights organization Afrin – Syria reported that the transitional government in Syria closed on Friday evening, September 26, the Aleppo-Deir Hafer International Road in the eastern countryside of Aleppo, which led to the cessation of civil and commercial transit.
The co-chair of the Deir Hafir Civil Council, Maha al-Khalaf, said that “travelers had to return after hours of waiting at the checkpoints,” adding that the reasons for the road closure were not yet known.
The organization’s report also pointed out that “elements of the transitional government impose royalties on the drivers of the Aleppo-Raqqa road, up to $100 in exchange for allowing the crossing.”
In a related context, the organization reported that members of the Sultan Suleiman Shah Division (Amshat) prevented the entry of fuel to the Kurdish neighborhoods Sheikh Maqsoud and Ashrafieh in the city of Aleppo, in light of “differences with the transitional government.”

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