PKK/YPG imprisons Arabs in Syria’s Raqqa

The Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK)’s Syrian affiliate, the YPG, has started to imprison members of the Jabhat Thuwar al-Raqqa, also known as the Front of Raqqa Revolutionaries and made up of Arabs who revolted against the occupation of Raqqa, flouting an agreement between the two.

According to local sources, the YPG/PKK, which previously cooperated with the Raqqa Revolutionaries under the cover of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), broke its resistance after a 72-hour curfew.

According to the agreement, the YPG/PKK would take over the headquarters of the group in Raqqa and some of its members would be relocated to the Takba district. However, the PKK/YPG terror group detained its members, including its commander, Ebu İsa.

To detain members of the Raqqa Revolutionaries in its countryside, the YPG/PKK has constructed numerous of control points.

The PKK has kidnapped youngsters, forcing them to take up arms, looted homes and seized properties in Raqqa.

The YPG was among the U.S.-backed SDF to take Raqqa from Daesh. The U.S. has supported the SDF, which consists of the PKK/PYD and other groups, in fighting Daesh in Syria but has largely ignored its links to the PKK.