Northeast Syria | Arbitrary mass arrests continue to target children, youth, women, and elderly members of the Kurdish community, leaving their fate unknown.
Violations include forced shaving of beards, as previously witnessed in Suwayda and the coastal areas, and verbal and physical humiliation of detainees, including making them bark and howl, as well as documented abuse of a Kurdish sheikh forced to perform such acts.
In one of the videos, a young man is questioned about Islamic prayer and the number of rak’ahs, amid systematic degrading practices and the use of abusive language.
These violations were carried out by terrorist factions affiliated with the Ministry of Defense and the Ministry of Interior under the de facto authority, occurring amid international silence and media complicity, with continued dissemination of propaganda and cover-up of the crimes.