SYRIA: Ten Kurdish teachers have been reported as kidnapped in the Syrian canton of Afrin, which is occupied by Turkish forces and their jihadist allies.

The teachers – seven of whom are women – were employed at three different schools and were abducted after school hours. There whereabouts is unknown.

They have been named as Sediqa Xelil, Ronahi Sexsidi, Behzat Xelil, Resit Bayram, Ronya, Berivan, Nesrin and Juliyet.