On November 11, 2023, the body of a man, identified as 29-year-old Hekmat Ali al-Nasser, was found, bearing knife wounds, by local residents near the main market in his home city of Manbij in eastern rural Aleppo governorate. Hekmat was abducted two days ago, on October 29, 2023, with his kidnappers demanding ransom money from his family before his body was found.
The area is under the control of Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF). The Syrian Network for Human Rights (SNHR) has not yet been able to identify Hekmat’s killers, with the controlling forces bearing responsibility for identifying the culprits.
