SDF and 1,200 of the displaced Afrin are ready for the war of Idlib and YPG denies the participation

ARK News: The spokesman for the militants of PPU denied the participation of militants in the battle of Idlib Syrian, saying that they are busy in the war against the terrorist organization of ISIS.

"There is no presence of our forces in Idlib, and we have not participated in this battle," said Nuri Mahmoud, a spokesman for the unit's militants.

He added that they were busy in the recent battles against ISIS near the borders of Iraq and against the Turkish forces and their allies in the northwest of the country, he claimed.

Mahmoud's statement comes in conjunction with international and local sources, saying that 3,000 of SDF are ready to take part in the Idlib war.
Azad Osman, a member of the local council in Afrin Kurdistan, stated on 8/4/2018, five months ago to the ARK Media Foundation, that the PYD militants kidnapped a large number of displaced Kurds from displaced person camps in Afrin in the rural areas of Aleppo or the so-called Shahba areas for the Shiite militias, through attacks which carried out inside the camps.

Azad Othman added that the PYD militants have arrested and kidnapped 1,200 Kurd refugees from the displaced Kurdish camps who fled during the war in Afrin to the northern countryside of Aleppo and other areas such as the towns of Nibul, Zahra, Huraitan, Fafin, and Tel Refat. They were recruited into Shiite militias, they are thought to be involved in Idlib's war.

With the forthcoming of the Idlib war approaching, dozens of Arab families flee to Afrin, where observers say the biggest impact of the Idlib war is on the Afrin region and changing its demography.

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