More reports are coming through of crimes committed by the Turkish army and allied mercenaries in the regions they have occupied in North-East Syria in violation of international law. Bombing of civilian settlements, murder, torture, and abduction have become routine in the occupied areas.

According to reports from the ground, Turkish intelligence service MIT kidnapped three locals, including a Kurdish woman, from the town of Hemam Tirkmen in Girê Spî (Tal Abyad) Canton in northern Syria, which has been occupied by the Turkish army and allied gangs since October 2019.

Local sources report that two of the abducted civilians have been identified as Samir El-Esaf from the Tobal tribe and Xelîl El-Osman from the Bakêrat tribe. The name of the kidnapped Kurdish woman couldn’t be learned.

The Turkish state has established a regime of terror in the territories it has invaded together with jihadist groups under its control. Crimes such as kidnapping, execution, torture, plundering and forced migration have become a daily routine and war crimes are systematically committed, especially in the canton of Afrin, which has been occupied since March 2018.

Kidnappings of civilians are part of the daily routine. In most cases, a ransom is demanded for their release. In recent years, thousands of people have been kidnapped and tortured. Some have been executed, the fate of others is unknown.