Lelun Afrin

The testimonies and documented evidence in this report, prepared by researchers from the Lelun Association for Victims, reveal a profound transformation in the religious and cultural practices in Afrin, northwestern Syria, post-2018. What was once a region known for coexistence and ethnic diversity has been reshaped into a landscape where minorities face identity erasure, intimidation, displacement, and property confiscation, in …

My name is Layla, and this is my story—a tale of love, loss, endurance, and a fragile hope for a brighter future. It begins in the tranquil days before Operation Olive Branch on Afrin region in northwestern Syria in March 2018, a turning point that forever altered my life and left indelible scars. I lived a peaceful life with my …

On 20th April 2024, the administration of Al-Rai Prison informed the families of the detained Kurdish citizen, “Jangin Othman Naasan” 36, from the “Ruta/Al-Mazoula” village in the Maabatli/Mobata district. His family – his grandmother in the “Gazeah” village near Afrin city center to receive his body from the hospital in Al-Rai town in the eastern countryside of Aleppo, where he …

A video clip on 6th April 2024 showed details of the crime of attacking an elderly Kurdish man named “Farid Suleiman Hasso” 60, and his son “Muhammed Hasso” 15, from Kakhreh/Yakhour village in Maabatli district of Afrin by two displaced shepherds and members of the military headquarters of the Al-Hamza Division (Al-Hamzat) on its land near the Gawrekan/ Gawreka village …

The series of violations against the indigenous people of Afrin and their property continues by various armed factions in the villages and cities of the Afrin region. These violations may vary depending on the rich agricultural seasons in the region. The months of February and March 2024 witnessed many arrests in various places in the villages and districts of the …

The “PEL – Civil Waves” organization issued a research report on HLP rights violations. They published it on 30th March 2024, entitled: “Theft of property as one of the tools of forced displacement in the Afrin, Tal Abyad, and Sere Kaniye/Ras al-Ain (Northern Syria)”. The report addressed HLP rights violations in both the Afrin region since March 2018 and the …

The Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Syrian Arab Republic issued its report on 9th February 2024, which consists of 48 pages and covers the period from 1st July to 31st December 2023. The period during which the Syrian Arab Republic witnessed the greatest escalation of actions hostility during that period, according to what the committee stated in its …

On 13th March 2024, a displaced person in Jenderes city in Afrin region killed the 16-year-old Kurdish child, “Ahmed Khaled Mamo” from “Al-Hammam” village in the Jenderes district, in a heinous manner. The perpetrator, called “Yamen Ahmed Al-Ibrahim” is 18 years old, comes from the Sinjar district of the Idlib countryside. Ahmed was beheaded and stabbed several times, then thrown …

Last February 2024, Human Rights Watch issued a detailed report on the ongoing violations in areas under the control of National Army factions, entitled “Everything by the Power of the Weapon”. The report discussed the most prominent violations taking place in areas under the control of Turkey and the National Army factions, including the Afrin region, describing Turkish control over …

“We gathered our lifeless pieces and mixed them into one tune and we departed far away like wishes, but our watchful souls did not enjoy rest. Fate wanted death to take them from us while we were unaware. They were buried far from the soil of their land, and the dream of return was buried with them..! Years pass and …