Rojava-based Hawar News Agency (ANHA) reported that the Turkish occupation army and allied jihadist mercenaries have begun to bulldoze the most important archaeological hill in the occupied Girê Spi [Tal Abyad] in preparation for looting it.

The source cited by ANHA stated that the occupation forces yesterday brought military bulldozers to the ancient Sahlan village near the village of Khirbet Al-Raz in the occupied Girê Spî city and began to bulldoze and dig the hill in front of the eyes of the people of the region.

According to the source, Tell Sahlan is considered one of the most important archaeological hills in the occupied Girê Spi city, and dates back to more than two thousand years BC.

The Turkish occupation army has looted the archaeological sites in all the areas it occupies from Syria (Afrin, Serêkaniyê, Girê Spî) and transfer antiquities it found in the region to Turkey.