Turkey's mercenaries impose royalties on farmers and workshopers in occupied Afrin

The mercenaries of the so-called "Al-Shamiya Front" led by the mercenary (Shamo), imposed on the farmers of the village of Trinada in the center of the occupied city of Afrin, 100 Turkish liras to allow them to cultivate their lands, while the mercenaries of Ahrar al-Sharqiya imposed huge sums of money on a Kurdish citizen for his work in the manufacture of machinery.

15 August, 2021 13:16

Al Shahba - Newsdesk

The sources reported that the mercenaries of the Shamia front imposed sums of money estimated at 100 Turkish liras on farmers in the village of trinada, which is in the center of Afrin city, in exchange for allowing them to cultivate their lands in the vicinity of the irrigation canal in the city center.

According to the source, the same mercenaries, which are stationed in the vicinity of the Electricity Company in the Ashrafieh neighborhood in the city center, stipulated that farmers who own agricultural lands near irrigation canals, pay 200 Turkish liras under the pretext of providing protection for those lands!

He explained that the mercenaries assigned the mayor of the village to inform the farmers of paying the royalty, threatening them to prevent them from cultivating their lands or burning their crops if they refrained from complying with paying the royalty.

On the other hand, the mercenaries of the so-called "Ahrar al-Sharqiya" imposed sums of 2000 dollars on a Kurdish citizen who has a workshop in the Mahmudiya neighborhood in the center of Afrin city, to manufacture bouzouq machines.

The mercenaries of Ahrar al-Sharqiya also threatened to seize the workshop of the citizen (Mohamed Najjar) in the event of refraining from paying those amounts, and expelling him from his workshop.

ANHA