News Center- People living in Turkish-occupied territories are subjected to more rights violations every day.

In June 2024, at least 18 people were killed and dozens others were kidnapped in Afrin, Serêkanîyê (Ras al-Ayn) and Girê Spî (Tell Abyad) occupied by the Turkish state and Turkish-backed factions, Hawar News Agency (ANHA) reported on Friday.

On June 1, the Turkish state and Turkish-backed factions opened fire on two young men, wounding one in the stomach and the other in the hand, in the occupied city of al-Bab, northeastern countryside of Aleppo. On June 4, a 65-year-old woman identified as Hanan Hasakah was kidnapped in Miska, a village of Afrin’s Jindires town. On the same day, 58-year-old Mohammad Horo was kidnapped in the Frereya village of Jindires, according to ANHA.

The news agency also reported that the members of the Turkish-backed Levant Front kidnapped 46-year-old Tamam Safour in Afrin on June 4. The members of the Levant Front demanded a ransom of 1,500 US dollars from the family of Tamam Safour, who had been deported from Türkiye, to release him.

15 migrants were killed by the Turkish state and Turkish-backed factions on June 5 while trying to cross the border, in the countryside of Serêkaniyê. Three citizens identified as Suleiman Hikmat, Jano Haji Khorshid, and Muhammad Rashid Haj Omar were kidnapped in the Goran village of Afrin’s Jindires town on June 6 after being released with a ransom payment.

Agricultural lands set on fire

On June 6, the members of the Turkish occupation state set fire to agricultural lands in the villages of Mermin and Annaba, and the fires spread to the lands of Shuragha, Tatrash, Tanb and Malikiyah villages of Afrin’s Sherawa town, ANHA said.

On the same day, the members of the Syrian National Army kidnapped two citizens identified as Dalil Hassan Hajji (34) from the Baflor village of Jindires and Jamal Hayyan (35) from the city of Homs, at a checkpoint near the village of Qastal Jindo in Shara after they were deported from Türkiye.

Pregnant woman beaten

A group consisting of 10 people, including a pregnant woman were severely beaten by the “Turkish gendarmes” while trying to cross the border in the countryside of the occupied city of Serêkaniyê on June 11. According to ANHA, the pregnant woman had a miscarriage after being beaten.

ANHA also reported that a lawyer identified as Akram Junaid was kidnapped in Afrin’s Jindires town by the Turkish intelligence on June 11. On June 13, Turkish-backed factions kidnapped a citizen identified as Adnan Nami (26) in the village of Ain al-Hajar al-Kabir.

On June 17, Turkish-backed factions kidnapped two brothers, Muhammad Zamji Murad (35) and Faiq Zamji Murad (33) in Kafr Safra, a village of Afrin’s Jindires town. On the same day, the dead body of a man in his fifties was found in an agricultural land near one of the checkpoints of the Turkish-backed factions, southwest of Afrin. The body was transferred to the hospital in the city.

According to ANHA, three citizens were kidnapped by Turkish-backed factions in Afrin on June 20. Turkish-backed factions opened fire on two citizens named Jamal Ali Kulen (26) and Mohammad Walid Alikou (22) on June 20, killing Jamal Ali Kulen.

On June 23, the members of the Turkish-backed factions kidnapped a 17-year-old girl and sexually assaulted her. On June 26, the members of the Turkish-backed factions kidnapped six citizens in Jindires. The names of the kidnapped citizens: Ali Hassan (40), Hussein Hassan Hamoud (35), Muhammad Hassan Hamoud (38), Muhammad Jumah Soro (40), Yahya Taha Barakat (37) and Adham Darwish Alloush (15).