As Turkish-backed proxies started looting grain silos in Tel Abyad, Bashar al-Assad took the opportunity to lash out at Erdogan, calling him a “wheat thief” and a slave to America. “Erdogan is a thief. He has stolen factories, wheat, oil in cooperation with DAESH, and today, he steals territory,” Assad said. This may be the truest words spoken by the president. It was made known that Erdogan covered the costs of the occupation operation in Efrin by looting and selling the olives belonging to the peoples. This characteristic of Erdogans war strategies has become a mechanism of self-maintenance, being imposed by violence and beheadings.
Turkey’s invasion operation against Rojava began on October 9. Since then, unofficial sources claim that over 100 villages and the two critical border towns of Serekaniye and Gire Spi are being occupied by the opportunist jihadists after SDF forces retreated as per the agreed cease-fire deal. Since then, Turkish-backed Syrian groups have started looting the houses, shops, and businesses of both Kurds and Arabs.
The most recent targets are silos containing both wheat and barley, UK-based war monitor the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) reported on Tuesday.
“One of the factions loyal to Turkey embedded in Turkey’s Peace Spring military operation has started opening the silos east of Suluk town in the Tel Abyad countryside, and selling what is inside them,” SOHR reported. SOHR further shared that one kilogram of barley is sold for 25 Syrian pounds, while one kilo of wheat is sold for 80 Syrian pounds. Local sources have shared that the jihadists in Siluk have sold 907 kilos of the wheat and barley being stocked for civilians in the case of war.
