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...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire...
to the countryside of Idlib, northwestern Syria.
The border is under the control of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, formerly al-Nusra, before that it was called something else
...al-Qaeda's Syrian affiliate, from which sprang the Islamic State...
(HTS, formerly al-Nusra
...formally Jabhat an-Nusrah li-Ahli al-Sham (Support Front for the People of the Levant), also known as al-Qaeda in the Levant. They aim to establish a pan-Arab caliphate. Not the same one as the Islamic State, though .. ...
Front).
Exclusive sources told North Press that the
Deportations have increased significantly over the past few days, after they witnessed a decline in the first half of August as a result of the media coverage and the increase of racism against them, the sources added.
On Wednesday, the
Since the beginning of July, Turkey has launched a deportation campaign against the Syrian refugees residing in its territory, especially in Istanbul.
...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. In Anatolia did Recep Bey a stately Presidential Palace decree, that has 1100 rooms. That's 968 more than in the White House, 400 more than in Versailles, and 325 more than Buckingham Palace, so you know who's really more important...previously told news hounds that the number of the Syrian refugees who have "voluntarily returned" has exceeded one million and will increase in the future.
According to activists, more than 3,500 Syrians have been deported since July.
Turkey hands over 32 detainees to HTS at Bab al-Hawa crossing
[NPASyria] Turkish authorities handed over on Wednesday 32 people, they had arrested for two weeks, to Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS, formerly al-Nusra Front) at Bab al-Hawa border crossing in Idlib Governorate, northwest Syria.
An exclusive source told North Press that the arrestees included seven security and military members of the HTS who were arrested while trying to cross to Turkey from the village of Kherbet al-Joz, northwest Idlib.
After the Turkish border guards handed them over, the HTS took their fingerprints and iris scan to prevent their entry into Turkish territory again, the source said.
This is the 12th operation of handing over this month where the arrestees are being subjected to security investigations within the Turkish territory, sources said.
A source from the Bab al-Hawa crossing said the number of those handed over by the Turkish authorities to the HTS in the current month exceeded 150 people.
SNA militants shoot Kurdish young man in Syria’s Afrin
[NPASyria] Militants of Suleiman Shah Brigade (al-Amshat) shot on Wednesday a Kurdish young man in a village west of the city of Afrin, northwest Syria.
An exclusive source told North Press that the al-Amshat militants raided the house of Amer Kabi, 21, in the village of Kafr Safra, west of Afrin, and shot him, without identifying the charges against him.
Kabi was injured and transferred to Afrin Hospital, and later he was moved to one of their detention centers of the faction in the town of Sheikh al-Hadid, the source noted.
A month and half ago, Kabi was deported from Turkey. Before that, he was arrested on terrorism-related charges, the source added.
The al-Amshat faction has tightened its grip on the residents of Afrin and its countryside following the imposition of sanctions by the US department of the Treasury on its leadership and the Hamza faction.