An English YPG fighter on the road to Raqqa
Jack Hollmes, or as he is called in the YPG Şoreş Amanos, said "My goal is that all peoples of Syria and the world live freely" on his way to Raqqa.
Jack Hollmes, or as he is called in the YPG Şoreş Amanos, said "My goal is that all peoples of Syria and the world live freely" on his way to Raqqa.
With Kurds, Arabs, Turkmens, and Assyrians, the Initiative to Liberate Raqqa has the diversity of Syrian peoples. Fighers march towards Raqqa side by side.
People from across the world also participate in the initiative. Jack Hollmes from England has been in the YPG for more than a year now. Known as Şoreş Amanos inside the YPG, Jack explains why he joined the fight against ISIS first in English and later in Kurdish. His Kurdish improved in a short period of time, he chats with Kurdish fighters in Kurdish.
'IT WILL SURELY BE LIBERATED'
Hollmes said "I don’t want the people here to be left in the dark. Not only the people here, but all peoples across the globe. I want them to live freely."
Hollmes has been at the forefront of the initiative in Raqqa, and said that the city would surely be liberated. Lastly, Hollmes expressed his happiness and honor at fighting against ISIS on the road to Raqqa, and reiterated that ISIS gangs would no longer be able to harm the peoples of the region and the world.