According to the YPG, the Kurdish armed force in Rojava, Jamal al-Zakhlool "was forcing Afrin residents to flee their homes and was placing [Free Syrian Army
... the more palatable version of the Syrian insurgency, heavily influenced by the Moslem Brüderbund...
] Death Eaters and their families in the abandoned homes."
The YPG said that Zakhlool was coordinating with
They allege he had been enforcing Sharia law in the canton.
According to Hediye Yusuf, a founding member of the self-declared Democratic Federal System of Northern Syria (Rojava), Zakhlool was formerly a police chief in Eastern Ghouta and his wife was killed alongside him on Thursday.
Publishing graphic photos on Friday of a deceased man they said was Zakhlool, the YPG said their forces killed him and three others in an operation on Thursday.
"Our forces will target all the elements in the Afrin Canton that are in contact or cooperation with the
...just another cheapjack Moslem dictatorship, brought to you by the Moslem Brüderbund....
considers the YPG and the ruling political party PYD terrorist organizations and branches of the PKK.
Turkey declared it was in full control of the canton two months later. The YPG announced they would continue the fight, launching a guerrilla-style war.
At least 137,000 civilians remain displaced and unable to return to their homes. Hundreds of rebels and their families evacuated from the Eastern Ghouta area have been resettled in Afrin.
Turkey has been accused of demographic change.
Turkey, however, has blamed the YPG and PYD for forcing the people out of their homes and has claimed that Afrin civilians are now returning home.
On Friday,
... Turkey's version of Mohammed Morsi but they voted him back in so they deserve him. It's a sin, a shame, and a felony to insult the president of Turkey...said that 4,379 "terrorists" had been "neutralized" in Afrin. Turkey uses the term "neutralized" to refer to those killed, maimed, or otherwise removed from the battle field.