Turkish authorities are detaining and coercing Syrians into signing forms saying they want to return to Syria and then forcibly returning them there, Human Rights Watch said on July 26. On July 24, Interior Minister Süleyman Soylu denied that Turkey had “deported” Syrians but said that Syrians “who voluntarily want to go back to Syria” can benefit from procedures allowing them to return to “safe areas.”
Human Rights Watch: Turkey forcibly returning Syrians to danger
Members of the Syrian Civil Defence (White Helmets) search for victims at the site of a reported air strike on the town of Ariha, in the south of Syria's Idlib province on July 27, 2019.
