Damascus-backed forces tortured a musician in Al-Bab, destroyed instruments in Homs, and threatened two Kurdish artists returning from Beirut.
- ANF
- NEWS DESK
- Saturday, 2 August 2025, 08:33
Artists are being obstructed, arrested, beaten, and subjected to torture in regions controlled by the Syrian Interim Government.
Most recently, in the city of Al-Bab, an artist named Omar Khayri was attacked by armed groups affiliated with Damascus while singing at a wedding. The attackers cut Khayri’s hair, wrote on his face, and, claiming that songs were forbidden, tried to force him to sing for the Damascus government.
Similarly, yesterday, the artist Walat Haji Nasir (40) from Afrin (Efrîn) and his brother Mustafa (38) were stopped on 21 July at the “Sewatir” checkpoint on the Homs, Lebanon road while returning from Beirut. Syrian Interim Government forces smashed their musical instruments, insulted the brothers by claiming that “folk dance and music are anti-religious,” and threatened to kill them.
The Haji Nasir brothers filed a complaint in Aleppo, but forces affiliated with the Damascus government responded by threatening to arrest the artists.
Source: ANF News
