21 minutes agoBillions made by Kurdish women fight I SIS
Periskopi(9 years ago)
(9 years ago)A Kurdish woman, militia who participated in the release of the city in northern Syria, Raqqa from Islamic State extremists, said she would continue the fight to free women from the brutal rule of extremists. Nisreen Abdullah, from the women's defence unit, read a statement in Raqquka Raja Square, where IS fighters [...]
Nisreen Abdullah, from the women's defence unit, read a statement in Raqquka Raja Square, where IS fighters had committed several public murders.
She said the women's army, so far, has lost 30 fighters in the four-month battle.
“We have achieved our goal, to eliminate the strongholds of terrorism in their self-declared capital, to free women and restore honour to Yazidi women by releasing dozens of slaves”, Abdullah said.
Under Islamic rule, women were forced to wear burka and could be stoned to death for adultery. Hundreds of women and girls from the Yazid minority in Iraq were caught and used as sexual slaves.
Syria's Democratic Forces, a coalition of several factions, said Tuesday that military operations in Raqqa have ended and that their fighters have taken full control of the city.
US-led coalition spokesman Colonel Ryan Dillon wrote on Thursday that the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) have cleared 98 per cent of the city, adding that some militants remain hiding in a small pocket east of the stadium.
Dillon added that buildings and tunnels are being checked for potential militants' maintenance.
The SDF is expected to hold a press conference in central Razakan on Friday, during which the city will be declared free from extremists for the first time in nearly four years.
