(Zaman Al Wasl)- Powerful Kurdish PYD militia stormed an Arab village in the northeastern countryside of Raqqa city on Monday, arresting all men and humiliating the women, over claims they have links with ISIS.
Three people in al-Awad village were also wounded when the PYD opened fire on residents, local activists said.
Arabs-inhabited villages in northeastern Syria have been suffering brutal discrimination and forced displacement by Kurdish PYD and YPG militias.
Civilians in ISIS-held areas in northeastern province of Hasaka are not able to flee as clashes intensify between ISIS and the U.S.-backed Kurdish militias, activists said.
Malaz Yousef told Zaman al-Wasl that ISIS had prevented residents from leaving to Deir Ezzor, another ISIS-held areas.
The mostly Arab tribes fears arrest and conscription by the Syrian Democratic Forces, they prefer being under ISIS control but since the upper hand sways to SDF, people Of Markada villages seek a shelter in al-Mayadeen city, east of Deir Ezzor.
ISIS influence in Hasaka has declined rapidly due to rapid advances by SDF, a Kurdish-led alliance backed by ultimate ground and aerial support from Washington.
ISIS controls tiny territory in Hasaka including Markada towns and an array of villages in the southern countryside.
Meanwhile, the SDF took Ayed Kabira village south of Tabqa city after heavy clashes left 6 ISIS fighters dead, local activists said.
The Kurdish militias said Raqqa to be a part of the self-proclaimed autonomous region since they have been controlling most of the eastern province, including the northern and western countryside and reaching the banks of Euphrates Dam.
Three people in al-Awad village were also wounded when the PYD opened fire on residents, local activists said.
Arabs-inhabited villages in northeastern Syria have been suffering brutal discrimination and forced displacement by Kurdish PYD and YPG militias.
Civilians in ISIS-held areas in northeastern province of Hasaka are not able to flee as clashes intensify between ISIS and the U.S.-backed Kurdish militias, activists said.
Malaz Yousef told Zaman al-Wasl that ISIS had prevented residents from leaving to Deir Ezzor, another ISIS-held areas.
The mostly Arab tribes fears arrest and conscription by the Syrian Democratic Forces, they prefer being under ISIS control but since the upper hand sways to SDF, people Of Markada villages seek a shelter in al-Mayadeen city, east of Deir Ezzor.
ISIS influence in Hasaka has declined rapidly due to rapid advances by SDF, a Kurdish-led alliance backed by ultimate ground and aerial support from Washington.
ISIS controls tiny territory in Hasaka including Markada towns and an array of villages in the southern countryside.
Meanwhile, the SDF took Ayed Kabira village south of Tabqa city after heavy clashes left 6 ISIS fighters dead, local activists said.
The Kurdish militias said Raqqa to be a part of the self-proclaimed autonomous region since they have been controlling most of the eastern province, including the northern and western countryside and reaching the banks of Euphrates Dam.
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