Kurdish Militias Killed in Roadside Bomb Blast in Syria's Raqqa

A vehicle of Kurdish militias blasted after it ran over a roadside bomb in the Northeastern province of Raqqa, leaving a number of the gunmen dead or wounded on Saturday.

News ID: 70023

Date: 05 May 2018 - 14:41

TEHRAN (Defapress)- Two Kurdish fighters were killed and several more were wounded after their vehicle ran over a roadside bomb on the road connecting Raqqa city to the village of Solouk in Northern Raqqa.

In the meantime, field sources reported that tens of young people in the town of Tabaqa in Western Raqqa have been detained by the Kurdish militias who continue exercising forced recruitment in the region.

The sources further said that the Kurdish militias also staged an attack on the dissident population in al-Romeileh neighborhood in Raqqa city, injuring several people. The Kurdish militias' forced recruitment and tax levying in Raqqa in the last several months has enraged citizens who take to the streets in protest to show their opposition to the presence of the militias in their city.

Elsewhere, they said the dead bodies of 50 civilians were found under the debris of a building in al-Qatar neighborhood in Raqqa city, adding that the civilians had been killed in the US-led coalition airstrikes.

In a relevant development earlier this week, a commander of the US-backed Kurdish forces in Raqqa was assassinated as tensions increased between the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) and civilians in the region.

The Arabic-language al-Manar news channel reported on Monday that one of the SDF commanders was killed by unknown assailants near the village of al-Jarniyeh in Northwestern Raqqa.

Meantime, the Kurdish forces attacked the village of Na'em al-Jallad East of the town of Tal Homs in Northeastern Raqqa to detain one of their defected militants, indiscriminately firing bullets to create horror among people.

The Kurdish militias' recent forced recruitment in Raqqa has also led to clashes between them and the civilians.

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