The witness stated that he and his family were displaced from Afrin city following its occupation, first to Al-Shahba areas, then to Tabqa city, as a result of attacks carried out by terrorist factions affiliated with the de facto authority.

On 18 January 2026, amid escalating mass displacement from Tabqa toward areas west of the Euphrates, the family left the city as part of a civilian convoy, using a civilian vehicle and heading toward Hasakah, due to security fears linked to their Kurdish identity and ethnicity.

The convoy took a shortcut via Al-Mansoura road (Raqqa countryside), prior to the entry of Syrian Arab Army forces into the area.

While passing through Al-Mansoura town, the civilian convoy was attacked at a temporary checkpoint set up by children from families of terrorist factions affiliated with the de facto authority, who:
• Threw stones at the vehicles
• Fired several shots over the convoy

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⚰️ Fatality:
• The witness’s father
• Sustained a direct gunshot wound
• Transferred to a hospital in Raqqa city
• Subsequently evacuated by ambulance to Hasakah
• Died four days later in hospital due to severe injuries

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🩸 Injured:
• The witness’s mother: Gunshot wound
• The witness’s wife: Severe injury resulting in complete shoulder dislocation

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🚑 Medical and humanitarian sequence:
• Medical staff at Raqqa hospital expressed security concerns due to the presence of de facto authority forces on the outskirts of the city
• The witness and his wife were instructed to travel to Hasakah by their own means
• The injured wife was transported in a civilian vehicle open from the rear
• The journey from Raqqa to Hasakah lasted approximately five hours under heavy rain, which soaked the wounds and led to deterioration of the injured persons’ condition
• Upon arrival in Hasakah, the wife’s injury had critically worsened
• Due to further security deterioration, the family was instructed to leave Hasakah toward Qamishli
• The wife underwent surgery immediately upon arrival in Qamishli
• The witness’s father had been placed in the intensive care unit at Hasakah Hospital prior to his death

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🪦 After death:
• The martyr’s body was transferred to Qamishli
• The family attempted to keep the body in city hospitals for 24 hours only, awaiting the cessation of snowfall
• All hospitals were overwhelmed with civilian bodies
• The martyr was buried in Qamishli during snowfall

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⚖️ Documented violations in this incident:
• Targeting of a civilian convoy during displacement
• Gunfire based on ethnic grounds
• Injuries and death among unarmed civilians