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Turkish-Backed Syrian Militias Target Kurds in Northern Syria
(Jerusalem Post) Seth J. Frantzman - Video last week from the Kurdish area of Afrin in Syria captured the moment that eight women were liberated after being held in a secret prison by a Turkish-backed Syrian group. The area has been occupied by Turkey since January 2018. Turkey has been accused of systematic human rights abuses throughout areas it runs in northern Syria. More than 300,000 people, mostly Kurds, have been displaced in ethnic cleansing, as Turkey has systematically resettled mostly Arab refugees in Kurdish homes. Reports say the Kurdish population of Afrin - once 90% - has fallen to 30%.