Settlers plunder olive harvest in Afrin

Foreigners who settled in the houses of Afrin residents who were forcibly displaced by Turkey and its mercenaries within the scope of changing the demographic structure, confiscated all the seasonal products of 80 trees.

According to information obtained from local sources in Afrin's Şîyê district, foreigners and a group of shepherds settled in the region after it was occupied by Turkey and its mercenaries in 2018, continue to plunder people’s proprieties and trees. In the village of  Çeqela Ortê in Şiyê district, the settlers stole this year's entire seasonal harvest of 80 olive trees.

According to the information obtained, the names of the citizens whose products were confiscated are as follows: 15 olive trees belonging to a citizen named Xelîl Reşîd, 50 trees belonging to Îmad Reşîd Hemo and 15 olive trees belonging to Eli Betal Mistefa.

The Turkish army, together with its mercenaries, has been committing crimes against humanity such as arbitrary treatment of the people of the region, forced displacement, violence, kidnapping, robbery, plunder and looting policies since the occupation of the city. With this policy, the invaders are trying to force the remaining local people to emigrate in order to be able to replace them with mercenary families and Turkmens close to them.