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Turkish-backed rebels pushing for further mass displacement from Afrin: http://www.kurdistan24.net/en/news/98ae459b-3de2-4b29-866c-3d4c359 'The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR), a UK-based war monitor, said<http://www.syriahr.com/en/?p=111133> that Turkish-backed rebels are demanding that residents from Afrin be permanently expelled. 'SOHR reported that the groups have requested from the Turkish authorities permission to displace those from Afrin and its countryside completely, and confiscate “their property, livelihoods, farms, homes and their contents in full.” 'However, according to the human rights watchdog, Turkish authorities rejected this demand, fearing this would push the international community against the rebels and “push the whole world to intervene in favor of the Kurdish inhabitants of the area, and issued their orders to wait.” 'In August, Amnesty International said<http://www.kurdistan24.net/en/news/11ed2368-9391-411e-bb90-dcb37242c04d> that the Turkish forces occupying the Kurdish city of Afrin since March were giving allied Syrian armed groups free rein to commit serious human rights abuses against civilians. 'The SOHR report suggested that Turkish authorities have told the rebels that a forced exodus from Afrin was part of their future program. 'This is what happened slowly, as hundreds of families who remained in Afrin have fled as a result of the escalation of violations against them of kidnapping, beatings, assaults, looting, theft, and assaulting women and girls,” SOHR said....' ******** Christians fear Turkish attack could end Christianity in northeast Syria: http://www.kurdistan24.net/en/news/deeea6a9-a23a-40bf-95ab-4094a1d924f7 _________________________________________________________ Full posting guidelines at: http://www.marxmail.org/sub.htm Set your options at: https://lists.csbs.utah.edu/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
