Raju, Rojava – Local sources in Raju sub-district in the countryside of Afrin denied the authenticity of the news circulating on social media, which claimed that the General Security in the sub-district handed over 180 shops, more than 200 houses, 20,000 olive trees and juices to their owners, stressing that this news is “far from reality.”
The Afrin-Syria Human Rights Organization reported that some forcibly displaced people, who recently returned to their villages in Rajo sub-district, had to pay royalties to settlers seizing their property or to the economic and security office of the “Ahrar al-Sharqiya” faction controlling the sub-district. The sources confirmed that “dozens of shops, houses and olive groves are still seized, and the settlers refuse to hand them over except after paying large royalties.”
The organization pointed out that one of the settlers, Kamal Muhyiddin Ashqar, nicknamed”Abu Haddo”, from Eastern Ghouta and the official of the economic office of the “Ahrar al-Sharqiya” faction, continues to seize an olive press belonging to the “Omeh” family and a residential house for another citizen, and refuses to hand them over despite his departure from the sub-district and his return to Ghouta, where he frequents Raju to collect royalties in exchange for handing over property.
In the village of Kulian in Rajo sub-district, the sources reported that the leader of the “Hamzat” band, Hamid Hamzat, and his brother are seizing more than 10,000 olive trees, and they have sold the crop of the current season through the guarantee to traders by the mayor of the village. Hamid also takes over two houses in the village to house his wives, while the owner of one of the two houses has been residing in the home of another forcibly displaced citizen since 2018. The sources added that the visit of the General Security and the director of the area, Masoud Battal, to the village, and the meeting with the people, did not result in any progress, as the response was limited to “promises without handing over the property.”
The organization explained that many of the people returning from the places of displacement have submitted complaints to the General Security in the center of the sub-district, but the members of the office told them that “you have to reconcile with the displaced people who live in your homes and pay them money because they have repaired your homes and shops.”
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