false statements and baseless allegations; Yazidi Basofan is hard proof

The areas under domination of the Turkish occupation are exposed to atrocities, which aims to displace indigenous residents and making demographic change in the area.

The Yazidi component was considerably mistreated by Turkey's gangs for two reasons 1- Kurdish nationalism, 2- their Yazidi religion.

Afrin and Serêkaniyê were the centers of the Yazidi religion, where the Yazidi House is existed in Serêkaniyê, Yazidis Union Center and sacred religion shrines, which had been destroyed by Turkey's gangs, not to mention the seizer on their homes and properties in order to force them to flee, but small number still exist in some Afrin villages.

The Yazidi village of Basofan ... is hard proof about what is happing inside the village

The border village has been occupied for two years by Turkish occupation mercenaries, belonging to Sherawa district, was brutality shelled with aiming of terrorizing the villagers, forcing them to flee from it, and in the midst of that, there were numerous Turkish mercenaries' threats against the Yazidis and the Kurds in general, promising to beheaded.

In 2017, a year before the occupation of Afrin, a mercenary from the so-called "Ahrar al-Sharqiya" group, affiliated to the Turkish occupation army, appeared, and addressed his threats in a video clip, believed to have been filmed in the city of Azaz, of the Yazidis, describing them as "infidels and their killing is permissible."

Two days ago, the mercenaries of the Sham Legion " Faylaq al-Sham" carried out kidnappings in the Yazidi village of Basofan, which is affiliated with Sherawa district, against a number of civilians, including a young man who had previously been subjected to an attempt to kill.

According to sources from inside the village, a group of mercenaries kidnapped Ali Kazem Ali (22 years), Basil Mamed Hussein (22 years), Samer Mamed Hussein (35 years), Dilberin Arabo known as (Dalo Arabo) and Ahmed Hindi Hindi (32 years old).

And they were taken to Isca prison, while the source reported that the mercenaries had turned the house of a Yazidi civilian into a mosque, and forced the villagers to pray and convert to Islam, and those who refused were kidnapped and killed.

In Afrin, crimes against the Yazidis are frequent.

Coalition promotes for its mercenaries

Last month, specifically on Thursday 5 November 2020, the head of the so-called Syrian coalition, Nasr al-Hariri, visited several Yazidi villages in Afrin, and claimed that the Yazidis practice their religious rites without any harassment, and that they are grateful to the "armed factions", with some minor violations and violations, which has been resolved.

The village of Basofan, whose residents were kidnapped, and a mosque was built in it, was one of the most prominent villages that Hariri visited for promoting his mercenaries, and confuse public opinion about what is happening in the occupied areas against the components and other beliefs, which reveals the falsehood of the claims of the mercenaries and the all-inclusive coalition and their main supporter, Erdogan.

The mercenaries claimed, through a statement issued by the media department in the so-called coalition, "that the townspeople confirmed that they freely practice their religious rites and rituals, and that their beliefs are respected. They also confirmed that they were not subjected to cases of forced conversion to Islam or the seizure of their homes and properties, confirming, the thefts that occurred individually for some of their possessions."

The statement added: "The people pointed out that in the event of any violations, they resort to the competent committee and the judiciary to solve them, explaining that there are a number of families who have recently returned to the area, and that the National Army is making clear efforts to achieve security and stability in the region."

It is worth noting that the Yazidis used to live in Afrin, in 22 villages, namely (Aska - Shadira - Ghazawiya - Burj Abdullah - Ain Darah - Trinda - Qibar - Kimar - Basofan - Ba'ah - Qatma - Sinka - Pavilion - Qastal Jindo - Ali Qina - Fakira - Qajuma - Gaila - Ashkan Sharqi - Jagla - Kafr Zeit - Jenders district) and their number reached about 25 thousand people.

In addition to the presence of 19 sacred shrines for the Yazidi community, namely (Barsa Khatun, Sheikh Hamid, Sheikh Gharib, Jil Khanna, King of Adi, Sheikh Junaid, Hawker, Sheikh Barakat, Sheikh Ali, Sheikh Rakab, Sharaf Din, Bella Manan, Bir Javier, Burj Jundi, Zeyara Hajari, Sheikh Abdul Qadir, Sheikh Karas, Zeyara Abo Kaaba, Sheikh Qassab.

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