PKK terrorists seize homes of residents in Syria’s Hasakah

The Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) terrorist organization, which has been dealt a major blow with the success of Turkey’s Olive Branch operation, has moved its supporters from Afrin to Hasakah.

They have also dispelled thousands of Arabs and Circassians from their homes in the towns of Tal Tamir, Ras al-Ayn and Ayn Eissa.

PKK supporters, who were taken to Hasakah via the Nubbol and Feyfin route, were similarly placed in seized homes in Manbij.

People are given 48 hours to evacuate hundreds of houses in Tal Tamir, Ras al-Ayn and Ayn Eissa, said a member of the National Coalition for Syrian Revolution and Opposition Forces Muhammad Şimali. He also stated that in order to settle down, the locals are harassed not only to leave their houses but also to leave the towns.

Those who refuse to leave or protest are then arrested by the PKK. According to Şimali, the Arab and Kurds who objected were taken from their homes by the terror organization and tortured. He also noted that a Kurdish opinion leader Faisal Yusuf was recently detained by the terrorists. “Thousands of civilians are facing the threat of being thrown out of their houses and towns where they have lived for years,” he added.

Turkey is currently conducting Operation Olive Branch is the northwestern Syrian region of Afrin to eliminate PKK/YPG and Daesh terrorists from the area. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has said that after the Turkey-led military campaign in the northwestern Syrian region in Afrin was complete, it would be followed by one in Manbij and Tel Abyad.

The PKK is listed as a terrorist organization by Turkey, the European Union and the United States. The PKK has been conducting armed violence in the southeastern part of Turkey since 1984. More than 40,000 people, mostly civilians, have been killed in the three-decade long conflict.