ISIS Attack Kurdish Religious Minority in Syria

Syrian Observatory for Human Rights :  al-Hasaka province: ISIS fighters attacked the al-Asadiya village earlier this morning on the Ras al-A’in-al-Derbasiya road which is inhabited by Yazidi (a religion) Kurdish civilians. Clashes broke out between the ISIS and the inhabitants of the village which led to the death of 1 civilian and the injury of others, several civilians from the al-Asadiya village fled to nearby villages.

2 Kurdish paramedics from the Kurdish red crescent were killed and another paramedic was injured by an IED attack earlier this morning on a red crescent ambulance earlier this morning, the IED was put in a bag and placed on the side of the Ras al-A’in- al-Derbasiya road at the al-Sheik petrol station in between the al-Asadiya and Bab al-Faraj villages, the ambulance was targeted on their way back from Ras al-A’in to al-Qameshli city after transporting several injuries by ISIS, al-Nusra and rebel bombardment on the Ras al-A’in city. Activists from the area reported that ISIS fighters began shooting at the ambulance with heavy machine guns after the explosion, one of the Arabic families in the area succoured the wounded person and transported him to a nearby YPG centre. The YPG afterwards combed the al-Asadiya village and reached the Mazra village and Tal Harmel area on the road of the Abou Rasin suburb and clashed with the ISIS, al-Nusra front and rebel fighters, reports of human losses from the side of the latter. Yesterday clashes between both sides on the Tal Half road and Reef Ras al-A’in led to the death of 4 YPG fighters, 1 of which is a woman, and at least 11 fighters from the ISIS, al-Nusra front and some rebel factions.

SOHR : https://www.facebook.com/syriaohr/posts/408311302610547

Posted 2 hours ago by Wladimir van Wilgenburg