The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) Launch an Arrest Campaign within its Ranks and Send Reinforcements to Ras Al-‘Ain in Al-Hasakah



The SDF are in a state of confusion and anxiety resulted by the defection of a number of Arab members especially after the announcement of the formation of a new faction from the people of Al-Jazeera and Al-Raqqa countryside under the name of Al-Qadisiya Brigades.

As a result, the SDF launched a wide arrests campaign against the Arab members in Ain Issa, Tal Abyad, and Al-Raqqa countryside.

In a related context, late at yesterday evening, YPG convoy headed from Tal Abyad in Al-Raqqa towards the nearby Ras city of Al-Ain in Al-Hasakah including a number of carriers loaded with recruits and four vehicles equipped with four DSHK machineguns. This move comes from the leadership of the Kurdish forces to strengthen their presence in these areas due to the news about the entry of a Syrian faction to Ras Al-Ain city from the Turkish side by the support of the Turkish government to liberate the city from the Kurdish Forces.

On the other hand, ISIL launched an attack from Al-Hibsawi village, in the northern countryside, on locations for Al-Raqqa revolutionaries and Al-Tahrir Brigade that is affiliated with the SDF. Heavy clashes took place between both sides for few hours.

In Al-Raqqa western countryside, three people from Tal Othman village, Al-Jirniyeah area, were killed by the bullets of a YPG sniper when the units entered the village expelling its Arab population under the pretext of cleaning it from ISIL within three days. The three men were elder people and their names are Ibrahim Jaj Hilal, 50 years old, Abdullatif Khlif Thahir, 50 years old, and Ibrahim Qar’an, 75 years old.

The Media Office of the Forces of the Syrian Revolution: Arab Furati – Al-Raqqa