After the Turkish state and its mercenaries occupied Afrin on 18 March 2018, thousands of citizens were forced to leave their homes, while the families of the mercenaries were settled in their places.

The Turkish state and its mercenaries have cut down more than 500 thousand olive trees and 21 million other trees since they occupied Afrin in 2018.

The mercenaries burned hundreds of olive trees and forest areas in the city. Recently, 2,550 trees were burned in the village of Bilîlko in the city of Raco in Afrin.

Citizens who did not leave the city are living under difficult conditions and are facing horrendous crimes carried out on a daily basis by the Turkish state and its mercenaries.

Crimes of theft, looting and murder are very common in the occupied city, and corruption and kidnapping continue to increase.