Abuses against the Kurdish indigenous population in the Afrin region continue, according to reports by the Afrin-Syria Human Rights Organization. Reports indicate that the “occupation of the Afrin region by Turkey” continues and that factions of what was formerly known as the “Turkish-backed Syrian National Army” and “settlers” have committed violations, including arbitrary arrests, theft of property, and forced displacement, in addition to the absence of the fate of hundreds of young Kurds since 2018.
Security checkpoints and identity checks in Ma ‘batli
The organization confirms inReportThe fortified security checkpoint at the Kukan village junction in Ma ‘batli sub-district in the countryside of Afrin, which is directly supervised by Turkish intelligence, is still in place. A Turkish officer conducts a search of passing cars and vehicles, especially on Fridays, while checking personal passenger cards and investigating some. Cases of Kurdish citizens arrested at the request of Turkish intelligence were also recorded, according to the organization.
Arbitrary arrests and attempted kidnappings in Raju
In Rajo sub-district, the organization reported kidnap the citizen Ali Ahmed Ismail, son of the Mukhtar of the village of Mamalli, on Saturday, August 23, 2025, at about ten in the morning. According to the report, “he was intercepted by two masked people in military uniform armed with Russian gunpowder, bombs and a quiver near the village of Altania as he was heading from the village of Balaleko to Rajo.” They pointed the gun at him and told him to stand up, but he managed to escape on his motorcycle at full speed despite them trying to catch him.
Violations in the village of Maaraska: theft and displacement
In the village of Mariskeh, Sharan sub-district, which has about 80 houses, the organization indicated that 15 families of “expatriates” refuse to return to their areas of origin. Ten days ago, three Uyghur families were housed in the homes of citizens, “Lawyer Bashir Haj Yousef, Wafiq Tubal Hamo, and Farouk Tubal Hamo,” after they were evicted from Arab families that had seized them since 2018. The organization explained that the aforementioned currently reside in the city of Aleppo and“do not dare to return to their village because of the lack of safe conditions,” as the mukhtar is required to report the returnees to the security office linked to Turkish intelligence.
The report also recorded the theft by an imported family of the contents of the house of the citizen “Hamo Topal Hamo”, including doors and windows, when they left the village.
In late July 2025, the organization reported that four masked gunmen kidnapped the citizen “Mahmoud Khalil bin Mohammed Rashid, 42 years old” and his wife at night from an agricultural field near a water well and photovoltaic power supplies. They “handcuffed and beat the husband, took them to their house in the village, and stole money from them and others” before fleeing.
In another incident, gunmen raided the house of citizen “Aref Haji Youssef, 45 years old,” and“blindfolded, handcuffed, and beat him,” then kidnapped him to an unknown location, and released him four days later in exchange for a ransom. The organization explained that the victims did not disclose the details of what happened and did not submit complaints to the local authorities “for fear of being subjected to worse attacks”, as the village falls within the influence of the factions of the “joint force (Amshat, Hamzat)”, without the intervention of the General Security Service to investigate or arrest the aggressors.
Raids and looting in Kafr Saffra
In the town of Kafr Saffra, Jindeers sub-district, in less than a month, armed robbers raided several houses at night with residents asleep, according to the organization. These raids provoked a state of terror, where men were insulted, handcuffed and beaten, and household items, money, gold jewellery and mobile phones were stolen. The targeted houses included the houses of “Hassan Haj Abdo bin Murad, Muhammad Haj Abdo bin Abdo, Muhammad Amin Hassan, the late Zainab Murad Haj Abdo, Zainab Muhammad Hussein Agha, and Khaled Hamo/an enemy family.” The organization noted that local authorities did not conduct serious investigations.
On August 21, 2025, the mayor of Kafr Saffra informed the owners of water tankers and wells of the prevention of their operation, arguing that they affect the flow of water of the “state” well at the top of the town, although this well does not meet the needs of the people. As a result, residents will have to fetch water from distant wells, which entails additional costs.
Reservation of property in our two dimensions
In the town of Baadina in Rajo district, and according to the location of the Kurdish Democratic Unity Party in Syria, Absi Al-Hamad, the former security official of the 112th Brigade, prevented the citizen Ahmed Khalil Atto from investing in the shop of one of his displaced relatives, the citizen Rashid Ezzat Ali, on the pretext that the latter had a relationship with the former Autonomous Administration. He also placed a seizure mark on the shop and on the house of the displaced citizen “Shukri Mustafa Jaafar” also under the same pretext.
Lack of solutions and continued displacement
According to the organization, “As long as the Turkish occupation and the remnants of factions supported by it exist in Afrin, and the Kurdish issue in Syria has not been resolved fairly by the transitional authority in Damascus, the solutions fragmented and implemented by the latter will remain truncated and incomplete, in terms of security and even in daily life issues.” She added that most of those forcibly displaced following the “aggression on the region in 2018” will not be able to return to their homes under these circumstances.
An unknown fate for young Kurds after eight years
inSeparate reportThe organization confirmed that “the fate of hundreds of young Kurds is still unknown eight years after their loss in the countryside of Afrin,” despite allegations of “laundering prisons” such as Saydana prison. She pointed out that the prisons of Afrin and other areas such as Al-Rai and Hor Kilis “are still crowded with hundreds of young Kurds on terrorism and other charges” because they “defended their city during the Turkish aggression on it at the beginning of 2018.”
Among these young men is Mustafa Zahrdin Daghli, 24 years old, a resident of Sheh sub-district in the countryside of Afrin, whose news was interrupted during the “Turkish aggression on Afrin in 2018.” His family is appealing to international human rights and humanitarian organizations and stakeholders to reveal his fate, “like dozens of recently released young men,” according to the organization.
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