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Ahrar al-Sharqiya is the jihadist militia Turkey is preparing to lead its assault on NE Syria.

The group was formed by the al-Nusra Front’s leading
sharia judge in East Syria. Most of its members are former al-Nusra members from Deir-ez-Zor.

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Since being installed as a Turkish proxy in Afrin, the group has:

- "subjected civilians to high levels of violent crime robberies, harassment, abductions, and murder" [UN]

- committed multiple acts of "arbitrary detention, torture and enforced disappearance" [AMNESTY]

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- Been caught on video sexually abusing a 13- or 14-year-old girl

- Forced women to cover their heads and imposed sharia law

For more background, see our report here:

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