US-backed SDF militants abduct 100s of civilians in Syria

Kurdish-led militants from the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) have reportedly kidnapped hundreds of people in Syria’s northeastern province of Hasakah, as the terrorists continue to perpetrate criminal and abusive practices against ordinary citizens in areas under their control.

Local sources, requesting not to be named, told Syria’s official news agency SANA on Sunday that the US-sponsored militants have stormed houses in the city of Ras al-Ayn as well as the towns of al-Shaddadi, Tell Tamer and Tell Hamis, and abducted 300 civilians in order to forcibly recruit them within their ranks.

Separately, SDF militants kidnapped a woman in the central Syrian village of al-Hamrat, and took her away to an unknown location. Her fate and whereabouts remain unknown.

The extremists also looted government facilities and public property in al-Wasitah village of Syria’s northern province of Raqqah and surrounding villages.

On September 24, residents of al-Shaddadi town took to the streets, demanding the expulsion of the US-sponsored militants from their hometown. Shops and businesses were shuttered as store owners joined the demonstration.