many on the same day that fahad and hevrin were killed. members who have been killed? would you be able to go home? many families aren't returning home, because of thejihadi militias like ahrar al—sharqiya now occupying their towns. but some have tried, and most want to keep their identities hidden. when you went back to your village, what happened? and the militants who are inside your village, what were they doing and saying to the people? do you think you'll ever be able to go back home? i wanted to find out more about thesejihadi groups backed by turkey, and who was responsible for hevrin and fahad's deaths? some people have been gathering information about the backgrounds of these militants, who are now fighting for turkey, and say they've got disturbing evidence about the pasts of these individuals. i've come to the hawar news agency. journalists here have been investigating the backgrounds of some 70 fighters involved in the invasion. al nusra is the main al-qaeda group in syria. it's been accused of torture, child abduction and sum

hevrin was murdered. why was hevrin killed? hakim, and i've come to northern syria to investigate. north—east syria, an apparent oasis of stability and hope, recovering after eight years of civil war and trauma that have cost hundreds of thousands of lives. hevrin was part of a movement to rebuild syria as a democracy. 0k. aged 3a, hevrin had become the leader of the newly launched future syria party. created to play a key role in spreading democracy. bringing together communities ravaged by terror and war. reaching out to arabs in territory run predominantly by syrian kurds. travelling across huge areas recently liberated from so—called islamic state, hevrin spread a message of empowerment and hope. do you wish you had encouraged her to stay away from these issues? the chance to build a democracy had been won through a hard and costly victory over is. from 2016, the mainly kurdish sdf had been the us coalition‘s key ally in defeating the so—called caliphate. us forces guaranteed security while the turkish military was unhappy

arabic investigation has uncovered compelling evidence that the syrian—kurdish political leader, hevrinof president bashar al—assad's central government. it's an umbrella group formed by turkey in 2019. they're trained and armed in turkey, then sent to fight kurdish forces in north eastern syria. they've been doing this since turkey launched a military operation in the area last october after us forces pulled their troops out. rosie garthwaite reports. on the 12th of october 2019 in northern syria, just days after the us troops withdrew and turkey began its offence against the kurds, syrian kurdish political leader was killed. he was a vocal opponent of the offensive and her future syria party was working for peace between all ethnicities in the region. that morning, he took the motorway for a three hour journey morning, he took the motorway for a three hourjourney to her party headquarters. just a few hours before, syrian national army fighters were seen heading south from the turkish border. just one of dozens from the turkish border. just one of d oze ns of from the turkish border. j