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The opposition Syrian Observatory for Human Rights announced in a statement that a member of the Syrian regime forces had been arrested on charges of killing and raping a girl displaced from the Hama camp.
The Observatory stated on its official website that its sources confirmed “the arrest of a member of the National Defense Forces, auxiliary to the regime forces, accused of committing murder and rape of a girl in the city of Halfaya, controlled by the regime forces and militants loyal to it.
The Observatory quoted local sources as saying that “the victim came from the city of Morek, in the northern Hama countryside. She was raped and killed by several shots to the head.”
The “Syrian Observatory” reveals the details of a crime #violation AND #murder For the right of a girl #Displaced By “MS” agent in “National Defense” north of Hama https://t.co/9MHc96XP5U
– The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (@syriahr) December 12, 2020
According to the observatory, “the northern and eastern countryside of Hama and southern and eastern Idlib, which have come under the control of the regime forces and multiple Russian and Iranian militias, are witnessing insecurity and an increase in kidnappings. , robberies and exploitation of children and women in light of poverty and poor security and service conditions. “
The National Defense Forces, or what has been termed “shabiha”, are Syrian militias formed by Tehran in 2012 to be similar to the Iranian “Basij” forces, and they fight alongside the Shiite militias and the regime’s army.
“Shabiha” forces used to take on the task of dispersing protests on behalf of government security forces, when protests first broke out in Syria in 2011, according to Al-Hurra.
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