The Briefing Room
General Category => World News => Topic started by: TomSea on August 10, 2017, 03:03:08 pm
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2 Armenian Families Rescued from ISIS in Syria
Rescued Christians in Raqqa province in Syria
RAQQA, Syria—The Syrian Democratic Forces, affiliated with Kurdish fighters in the region, announced that they saved seven Christian families, among them two Armenian families, from the Islamic State in the besieged northeastern province in Syria, reported the ARA news agency.
“Our forces have saved two Armenian families today,” said Mustafa Bali, Director of the Information Office of the SDF about the operation that saved the families from the Islamic State, also known as ISIS, ISIL or Daesh.
Saws Karabidian, a Christian woman who was among those rescued by the SDF, said: “They [ISIS] forced us to wear the headscarf and allowed us to reveal our faces to distinguish us from Muslims. We had to hide our faces to avoid insults,” reported the news agency.
Continued: http://asbarez.com/165471/2-armenian-families-rescued-from-isis-in-syria/
Thank you President Trump and belatedly, Obama too, the latter allowing for US bases in Northern Syria and the formation of the SDF.
Meanwhile, Russia and their Syrian allies and Hezbollah still fight in the suburbs of the nation's capitol, Damascus.