News Center- The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) has announced that Turkish authorities deported 200 Syrian refugees from Turkey to Syrian territory in the early hours of Tuesday morning, through Bab Al-Salama crossing in northern Azaz countryside within “Euphrates Shield” area in order to settle them in the residential complexes which had built in the region.

“This comes in light of the forced deportation of the Syrian refugees towards Syrian territory “safe zone” that Turkey claims within “Euphrates Shield,” “Olive Branch” and “Peace Spring” areas, which are controlled by Turkish forces and their proxies, implementing their plan to deport Syrians from their lands,” said SOHR. “Forced deportation operations are also under the pretext that the Syrian refugees do not have identity documents, but some of the people, who were deported, had Turkish identity cards.”

On July 1, SOHR reported that on the first day of Eid Al-Adha, the Turkish authorities deported 19 Syrian refugees, through the border crossing, towards Ras Al-Ain area which is controlled by Turkish forces and Turkish-backed factions.