Incident details:
On 26 January 2026, elements affiliated with the de facto authority abducted a Kurdish civilian from the rural areas of the city of Kobani, claiming that he was a fighter affiliated with the People’s Protection Units (YPG).

As of the date of this documentation, the fate and whereabouts of the victim remain unknown.

Legal characterization:
This incident constitutes enforced abduction and a grave violation of the right to liberty and personal security, in contravention of international human rights standards, including the prohibition of arbitrary detention and enforced disappearance.

• «لا حدا يصوّر… اقتلوهم بدون تصوير».
• «قضاء حوائجكم بالكتمان».
• «لا تصوّروا، هالمقاطع بتضرّ الجيش والدولة».
• «كرمال الله لا حدا يصوّر، الله يحمي جيشنا».
• «اللي عم يصوّر مندس ضد الدولة».
• «لا تأخذكم فيهم رأفة ولا رحمة»

Perpetrating parties:
Jihadists

members

of the Ministry of Defense and the Ministry of Interior affiliated with the de facto authority, under the leadership of Abu Mohammad al-Jolani (Ahmed al-Sharaa), with the participation of tribal groups loyal to the authority, alongside foreign fighters known as “Muhajireen and Ansar,” and members of the Grey Wolves organization.

Amid chants of “Allahu Akbar,” the aforementioned parties carried out collective field executions at point-blank range, in addition to beheadings by knife (slaughtering) against civilians and detainees from the Kurdish community, constituting a grave violation of international humanitarian law.

The killings were accompanied by explicit calls to refrain from filming and to conceal the crimes, under the pretext of “not harming the state,” indicating prior awareness of the criminal nature of the acts and a deliberate attempt to destroy evidence.

Examples of accompanying inciting statements (as recorded):
• Calls to kill without documentation or filming.
• Incitement to show no “mercy or compassion.”
• Accusations that those documenting the crimes are “infiltrators against the state.”
• Use of religious language to justify killing and concealment.

These acts constitute:
• War crimes under the Geneva Conventions.
• Extrajudicial executions.
• Grave violations of the rights of detainees and civilians.
• Public incitement to violence and obstruction of evidence, amounting to criminal complicity.

Public calls to prohibit filming are considered an integral part of the crime itself, as they represent an organized effort to prevent documentation and accountability.

Recorded statements include:
• “Don’t film… kill them without filming.”
• “Fulfill your acts in secrecy.”
• “Don’t film—these videos harm the army and the state.”
• “For God’s sake, don’t film—may God protect our army.”
• “Whoever films is an infiltrator against the state.”
• “Do not show them any mercy or compassion.”