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| We are SDF partners in expelling ISIS: Tribal figures in Syria's Raqqa |
| 2021-06-04 |
| [NPASYRIA] On Thursday, tribal notables and sheikhs in the regions of Raqqa and Tabqa, northern Syria, issued a statement in which they condemned what they called "sabotage operations" that affected the civil foundations and the public properties during the last events that the city of Manbij has witnessed. "The wide popular protests have turned into sabotage acts that affected the public foundations in accordance with external agendas hostile to the project of the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria (AANES)," the statement added. Official reactions in the AANES-held areas stress the right of people to protest without damage to public properties. "The Arab clans are partners of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) in liberating the region from the terror of ISIS and its remnants and the establishment of civil foundations," the statement noted. The statement pointed out that the self-defense is a duty on all citizens of northeast Syria and is "an internal affair of the citizens of the region." In another context, the Civil Administration in Manbij, said in a statement that it will handle securing all medical supplies and financial costs to treat the maimed during the recent events. The city of Manbij witnessed protests, which activists said on social media, they were against the duty of self-defense, which the Autonomous Administration enacted in 2014, to be implemented later on all areas of its control. On June 1, Manbij Military Council accused some "outside and inside parties of trying to push the region towards chaos and discord, taking advantage of the people’s rightful demands." "The duty of self-defense has been implemented for seven years without any problems, and this confirms that those parties are trying to exploit the economic conditions and the difficulties that the Syrians suffer from in order to achieve goals and agendas that serve the interests of parties aiming to destabilize Manbij," the Council said. Eyewitnesses from the village of al-Hudhud, north of Manbij, told North Press that members of the Syrian government forces "were in a car, and shot the protesters before fleeing." |
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