(Zaman Al Wasl)- Kurdish-led Syrian forces on Saturday have freed 114 people in eastern Raqqa province after one month in detention, local activists said.
Most of the freed people were civilians along with fighters from Liwa Thuwar al-Raqqa, the rival group to the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces, according to Raqqa-based activist Muhab Naser.
At least 200 tribesmen, mostly from Thuwar al-Raqqa, have been arrested by the SDF in the last four weeks.
The SDF, which the Kurdish YPG militia spearheads, has been the main partner of the U.S.-led coalition against Islamic State in Syria, helping drive the jihadists out of swathes of northern and eastern Syria last year.
The SDF last Saturday freed 20 women were arrested in Raqqa city after they protested to get their husbands freed, local reporter said.
The Kurdish-led forces, according to the leading civil group Raqqa Is Being Slaughtered Silently, have beaten the freed women. They rallied in front of Asayesh prison, local security units, to demand the release of their husbands and relatives after the death of rebel fighter in the same prison.
Zaman Al Wasl
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