[Pearls Before Swine]

Truth or agit-prop to support Russia/Assad by lumping the YPG in with ISIS w/r/t persecution?

[M Kehoe]

Odd.

Maybe the PKK?

5.56mm

[Panhandle.deporable]

Someone help me out. I thought the Kurds were friends and tolerant.

[cpdiii]

I do not believe the article.

[Navy Patriot]

Christians are the least protected and most under reported Human Rights abuse victims in the ME even in Christian News sources, so I tend to give more credence to reports of Human Trafficking of Christians.

This narrative would certainly fill some gaps in reporting of events.

[BeauBo]

There are differences of opinion among Syriac Christians, just like any other group. Many are/were supportive of the old Assad regime, but most eagerly allied with the Kurdish YPG when it came to liberating their villages from ISIS.

Few of the Arabs are interested in going elsewhere to fight if they don’t have to, except those mercenary types looking to make a career or quick profit in the militias.

Young men (and women) of military age are definitely under scrutiny for military service. Like WWII in the USA, a young man can’t walk the streets without people wondering why he’s not in uniform. It has become common in Syria that young men are drafted/impressed into military service, by whoever rules the area.

It is interesting to note that after these young men were picked up, they were exempted from military service, at the request of their elders.

[Texas Fossil]

Syriacs (described here as Arameans) have fought in the same unit with Kurds in the YPG/JPJ since before Kobane (Sep/Oct 2014). The YPG helped some of them save their village from ISIS takeover in the early stages.

They now have enough fighters that they have their own units. Some of them are already in Efrin.

I’m pretty sure that the Syriac Christians don’t all speak Aramaic.

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SyriacMilitaryMFS @SyriacMFS

https://twitter.com/SyriacMFS/status/957884082297430016

Breaking: #Syriac Military Council, MFS will send fighters to the #Afrin front in support of SDF-YPG/J to the defense of the region and populations against Turkey & allied forces. #Syria (more info & statement will follow)

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I am unaware of any Armenian in the YPG/YPJ, but it is possible. They have quite a few foreign fighters.

I’m aware of some conflicts between Chaldean Christians and Assyrian Christians in Iraq. (not all Assyrian Christians are Syriac Christians) I’ve twice stumbled into some of their discussions. The issue is not about religion, but some things in the past, as best as I can tell.