(Zaman Al Wasl)- The powerful Kurdish Democratic Union Party (PYD) has recruited about 1000 young men from Hasaka and Deir Ez Zor provinces in its militia, most of whom are teachers in the Autonomous Administration in northern Syria.
According to Mohanad al-Yousef, an activist in the area, the PYD’s Education Commission notified a percentage of teachers working in its schools that they must join ‘mandatory’ recruitment camps referred to by Kurdish officials as ‘self-defense camps’.
Al-Yousef confirmed that the Commission informed 25 teachers in each of Tal Hamis, Tal Brak, Qahtaniyah and al-Yaarabiyet, and 50 teachers in the areas of al-Malikyah, al-Hasakah and Ras Al Ain that they must join the camps last week.
“All the teachers in the schools of the PYD schools had postponement documents based on a memorandum from the Education Authority, but they canceled the postponements for hundreds of teachers,” said al-Yousef.
The activist pointed out that the young men, including 200 people from the areas of Deir Ez Zor, Ash Shaddadi and al-Hool, were transferred to the recruitment camps. The prominent of these training camps are Tal Baidar, Kabka and Tal Adas.
The Defense and Self-Protection Commission subordinate to the PYD said that 850 men from al-Hasakah, al-Qamishli, al-Qahtaniyah, Darbasiya, al- Malikiyah and Tal Hamis voluntarily joined the 31st round of training in the camps. The Commission confirmed that the majority of these men are teachers employed in Autonomous Administration run schools.
600 men from Deir Ez Zor who participated in a special session in Kabka camp, north of the city of al-Hasakah, graduated from their training last Friday. These men were trained in preparation for their participation in the fight against the Islamic State in the al-Jazira Storm campaign ongoing since September.
Zaman A Wasl
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