MESOP INSIGHT NEWS – WEST KURDISTAN – PROTEST AGAINST PYD

23-5-2014 – Local sources from Hasakah city stated to ARA News that a secret meeting between several Arab tribes was held in the city and that the participants discussed the formation of an Arab armed army in Ghueran district in order to protect the Arab areas from “the attacks of the PYD’s armed forces” (in reference to Assayish and YPG) on the background of the recent clashes and the arrest campaign carried out against Kurdish citizens in the center of the city on Wednesday.

Meanwhile, several armed opposition groups in Hasakah city released a statement on Thursday “warning of any forced displacement or arrest operations or killing of Arab residents in predominantly Kurdish neighbourhoods” –on the background of the recent clashes in the city and the participation of several Arab tribes in the fighting on the side of regime forces and members of the National Defense.