Syrian Transitional Government forces are establishing new checkpoints around the joint checkpoints with the Internal Security Forces of the Sheikh Maqsoud and Ashrafiyah neighborhoods in Aleppo.
Government forces have established three new checkpoints on the Ewarid road connecting the two neighborhoods to Aleppo, Ashrafiyah Park, and the Cizîr road.
According to witnesses, transitional government forces stationed at checkpoints are stopping citizens and taking them to an unknown location in the event of finding Kurdish symbols.
Images from the ground show government forces obstructing citizens at checkpoints and subjecting them to arbitrary checks of personal documents, belongings, and phones.
Citizens state that many young people, primarily university students, had been abducted at checkpoints. Two days ago, Mihemed Fadil Mihemed (18) from the district of Shera in Afrin was abducted.
On October 9, the Transitional Government forces removed the earthen barriers on three roads leading to two neighborhoods and allowed vehicles to pass after the residents’ protests against the blockade.