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Militia rivalry plunges Sari Kani into renewed violence |
2020-04-22 |
[Rudaw] Recent festivities between armed militias in Sari Kani (Ras al-Ain), northeast Syria has sparked fear among locals six months after the town was overrun by Two fighters were killed and several maimed in fighting between UK-based war monitor the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) reported "violent festivities" with heavy weaponry between Ahrar al-Sharqiya and the al-Mutasim brigade in several neighbourhoods on Monday evening, resulting in the death of two Ahrar al-Sharqiya fighters. Ahrar al-Sharqiya is known most notably for its suspected involvement in the murder of prominent Kurdish politician Hevrin Khalaf in October 2019. Syrian state media outlet SANA also reported the fighting, adding that Ankara has sent military reinforcements to the area in recent weeks in a bid to stop fighting between various factions. "From the accounts I heard, this was the heaviest infighting to take place since Sari Kani has been controlled by The town now lies in a ’buffer zone’ under the control of Extensive looting and destruction of civilian property has been widely reported since militias took over the area, particularly against minority groups including Kurds and Yezidis. SOHR on Monday warned of a "demographic change" against the Yezidi minority in rural areas surrounding Sari Kani following looting by " |
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