The shrine is presumably dedicated to a local Sufi saint as it is not mentioned in any Alevi or Yezidi source.A third Alevi shrine (after Ali Dada and Af Ghiri), named Aslan Dada, was to have been desecrated by Afrin Post on February 9, 2019. According to Pinto, the shrine attracts pilgrims from Sufi lodges throughout northern Aleppo, coming yearly to celebrate the saint. Attributing the allegation to a local source, ASOR FSA fighters allied with Operation Olive Branch ransacked the shrine looking for treasure.” on website ESyria highlights the history of the mosque located right next to the tower.On April 11, 2018 a Facebook page named the Kurdish Legal Authority a photo claiming to show destruction inflicted on the Madour shrine located in the Bulbul subdistrict. However, Afrin was home to vibrant Sufi networks, as well as small Yezidi, Alevi, and Christian populations. 02:41 Afrin’s contemporary Christian population is quite recent and made up of Kurdish converts to the Evangelical Protestant Church of the Good Shepherd. Likely the only Kurdish-speaking Alevi community in Syria, the Alevis of Afrin arrived over the past several centuries, escaping bouts of persecution in Anatolia. showing the desecration of the Sheikh Zayd shrine. This website uses cookies to improve your experience. In a September 2018 article for news outlet Kurdistan24, journalist Wladimir van Wilgenburg an evangelical Church opened in Kobane by exiled Afrini Christians.Since March 2018, Afrin’s demographic makeup has undergone immense changes. However, as many such IDPs, as well as Afrin’s original inhabitants, have left Syria over the last eight years, it’s unclear what the demographic makeup was prior to the start of Turkey’s Operation Olive Branch in January 2018.By the latter half of the twentieth century, Afrin had developed a rather secular reputation. More information on the Sheikhmus shrine can be found in this 2014 ESyria On June 21, 2018, the Kurdish Legal Authority published a to their Facebook page showing the desecration of another Yezidi shrine, this time the Sheikh Rakab shrine (location ) in Shadira village, south of Afrin city. Turkey is itself a globally major olive producer, ranking fifth globally in 2019, according to state-affiliated media – bringing into question why it would need to sell Afrin's oil as its own. In May of the same year, it was by local activists that the Afrin church had been plundered by two opposition factions. Yazidi activist Nadia Murad, who won the 2019 Nobel Peace Prize for her work fighting against the use of sexual violence as a weapon of war, has spoken out about the crimes in Afrin. He can be found on Twitter @AKMcKeever.The Ain Dara temple site in 2010 (photo by Michael Danti)The Ain Dara site after being damaged by Turkish airstrikes 1/28/19Afrin, its subdistricts, and the neighboring area: Green = Turkey and Syrian opposition, Yellow = SDF/PYD, Red = Regime (map by Nathan Ruser)Modern and historical Yezidi settlement in the Afrin region (map by @LCarabinier)The Alevi center opened in the town of Ma’abatli, 2017The Ali Dada shrine and neighboring cemetery prior to Olive Branch as seen from AnqeleFortification built by Olive Branch forces on the sight of the Ali Dada shrine as seen from AnqeleA still from the Qara Jorna shrine desecration video showing a militant burning fabric tied to the treeGeolocation of the Qara Jorna shrine (imagery from Google Earth)A pre-OB photo showing one of the sacred trees behind the Qara Jorna shrine (The hexagonal Roman mausoleum at Cyrrhus, repurposed centuries ago as the Sufi shrine Nabi Houri (A still from an Orient TV clips showing interior of the Nabi Houri shrine, February 2018A still from the video showing the disruption of the Nabi Houri shrineThe damaged Madour shrine, image from early April 2018Geolocation of the Madour shrine hill (imagery from Google Earth)The Madour shrine hilltop as seen from the north (imagery from Google Earth)Interior of the Sheikh Zayd shrine following the desecrationExterior of the Sheikh Zayd shrine following the desecrationGeolocation of the Sheikh Zayd shrine (imagery from Google Earth)Interior of the Sheikh Junayd shrine, after desecrationInterior of the Sheikh Junayd shrine, prior to desecrationExterior of the Sheikh Junayd shrine, prior to desecrationGeolocation of the Sheikh Junayd shrine (imagery from Google Earth)Photo allegedly showing damage to the exterior of the Sheikhmus shrinePhoto allegedly showing damage to the interior of the Sheikhmus shrinePhotos from Afrin Post showing damage done to the trees around the Sheikhmus shrine, after and beforeThe shrinking grove of trees around the Sheikhmus shrine as seen by satellite November 2018 — May 2019 (imagery from Sentinel)Still from the video showing the collapsed roof of the Sheikh Rakab shrineStill from the same video showing the rest of the shrine’s interiorGeolocation of the Sheikh Rakab shrine (imagery from Google Earth)Interior of the Af Ghiri shrine following the second instance of desecrationA photo of the Sheikh Hamza shrine tree before it was cut downGeolocation of the Sheikh Hamza tree (imagery from Google Earth)Picture showing the front of the Sheikh Humayd shrine after its tree was cut downAn Image of the Sheikh Humayd shrine from before, with the tree still standingThe interior of the Sheikh Humayd shrine following the partial collapse of its roofDamage done to the Sheikh Humayd shrine and nearby gravesGeolocation of the Sheikh Humayd shrine (imagery from Google Earth)Photo of the partially destroyed Sheikh Mohammed shrineAnother photo of the partially destroyed Sheikh Mohammed shrineGeolocation of the Sheikh Mohammed shrine with damage visible by satellite (imagery from Google Earth)Still from a video allegedly reportedly showing damage to the Aslan Dada shrine, location unknownAnother still from a video allegedly reportedly showing damage to the Aslan Dada shrine, location unknownAn example of the hilly landscape visible in the Aslan Dada video, location likely in the Bulbul areaDamage done to gravesites in the cemetery outside QurbeMore evidence of damage done to gravesites in the cemetery outside QurbeGeolocation of the Qurbe cemetery video (imagery from Google Earth)Damage done to gravesites in the Yezidi cemetery near QibareMore evidence of done to gravesites in the Yezidi cemetery near QibareGeolocation of the Qibare cemetery video (imagery from Google Earth)The damage done to the YPG’s Martyr Seydo cemetery by shelling, February 2018Subsequent damage done to the Martyr Seydo cemetery, following its capture by Olive Branch forcesMartyr Seydo cemetery by satellite (imagery from Google Earth)Still from a video showing a construction vehicle at the site of the Martyr Avesta Khabour cemetery, August 2018Photo showing the damage done to graves at the Martyr Avesta Khabour cemeteryImage of the graves at Martyr Avesta Khabour, prior to 3/18/18The Martyr Avesta Khabour cemetery (imagery from Google Earth)Photo showing the Martyr Rafiq cemetery prior to Operation Olive BranchMartyr Rafiq cemetery 2/24/18 (imagery from Google Earth)Martyr Rafiq cemetery, 3/22/18 (imagery from Google Earth)Still from a video showing the looted interior of the Henan mosque, May 2018The exterior of the Henan mosque, image prior to 2018Henan Mosque and cemetery (imagery from Google Earth)An image of the Yezidi Association HQ following its destructionAnother image of the Yezidi Association HQ following its destructionAnother image of the Yezidi Association HQ from before Geolocation of the Yezidi Association HQ (imagery from Google Earth)The destruction of the Yezidi Association HQ as seen by satellite, 2/7/18 vs. 3/22/18 (imagery from Google Earth)Your donation to Bellingcat is a direct contribution to our research.

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