Syrian Kurds flee Daesh-held areas amid abductions
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Syrian families, who fled the assault launched by Arab and Kurdish forces against the Daesh terror group in the town of Manbij, arrive at an encampment on the outskirts of the town, 20km away from the center, on June 4, 2016. © AFP
Daesh Takfiri terrorists have reportedly killed and injured several Kurdish people fleeing terrorist-held villages in northern Syria.
According to Press TV, opposition activists and a Kurdish official said Saturday that hundreds of Kurds were fleeing as the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), a coalition of Kurdish, Arab, Assyrian, Armenian, and Turkmen fighters, backed by the People’s Protection Units (YPG), engaged in clashes with Daesh terrorists inside Manbij city, a key stronghold of the terrorist group.
Sherfan Darwish, an SDF spokesman, said a 10-year-old girl was killed by Daesh sniper fire. One family who fled was also struck by a mine that killed two family members and wounded the other three, he added.
“Civilians are defying death in order to leave areas controlled by Daesh,” Darwish said.
According to the head of the so-called Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, many of those fleeing are heading to areas that were recently captured by the SDF south of the Daesh-held town of Mare.
Rami Abdel Rahman said terrorists had opened fire on those fleeing, killing several of them, including children.
According to Abdel Rahman, some 120 more Kurds have been abducted since Friday.
The Local Coordination Committees of Syria, an activist-run monitoring group, also said Daesh terrorists opened fire at people trying to flee Manbij, and killed 10 of them, including children.
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