{"id":37478,"date":"2025-04-09T11:20:46","date_gmt":"2025-04-09T11:20:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/963media.com\/en\/?p=37478"},"modified":"2025-04-09T11:23:19","modified_gmt":"2025-04-09T11:23:19","slug":"turkey-backed-forces-remove-checkpoints-in-kurdish-majority-afrin-syria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/963media.com\/en\/09\/04\/2025\/turkey-backed-forces-remove-checkpoints-in-kurdish-majority-afrin-syria\/","title":{"rendered":"Turkey-Backed Forces Remove Checkpoints in Kurdish-majority Afrin, Syria"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Aleppo, Northern Syria<\/b><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u2013<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Turkish-backed Syrian National Armey groups have removed their checkpoints from Afrin, a Kurdish-majority city in northwest Syria, which they have controlled since 2018 following a military offensive against the U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), according to local and defense officials.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A defense official from the new transitional Syrian administration told <\/span><b>AFP<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> on Tuesday that while the military presence and checkpoints have been withdrawn, existing faction headquarters would remain in place for now.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThere will be only one public security checkpoint in the area,\u201d the official said, requesting anonymity. \u201cWe can\u2019t yet relocate fighters from northern Syria to former regime bases due to repeated Israeli strikes.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A Kurdish source familiar with developments in Afrin told <\/span><b>AFP<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> that local residents are demanding the full withdrawal of Turkish-backed factions, which have long faced accusations of abuses against the Kurdish population.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Read also: <a href=\"https:\/\/963media.com\/en\/07\/04\/2025\/accelerated-coordination-for-integrating-sdf-into-syrian-state\/#\">Accelerated Coordination for Integrating SDF into Syrian State<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The SDF, a coalition of Kurdish and Arab fighters, has reportedly made several demands in ongoing negotiations with the Syrian transitional administration. These include ensuring that public security forces in Afrin are made up exclusively of local residents, and that displaced families return under the supervision of international organizations or allied nations within the anti-ISIS coalition.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Turkey and its allied factions seized Afrin in March 2018 after a two-month military campaign targeting the SDF. The offensive displaced roughly half of Afrin\u2019s estimated 320,000 residents, according to the United Nations. Most have not returned.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Human rights organizations, including Amnesty International, documented a range of violations committed by Turkish-backed groups following the occupation, including arbitrary arrests, forced disappearances, and looting. Amnesty called on Ankara to rein in its allied forces and end \u201cserious human rights abuses.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On March 10, Mazloum Abdi, the SDF\u2019s top commander, signed a political and military integration agreement with Ahmed al-Shar\u2019a, head of the Syrian transitional authority. 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