200 Kurds still in the hands of armed groups
200 Kurds still in the hands of armed groups
200 Kurds still in the hands of armed groups
It is reported that some 200 Kurdish civilians in Til Abyad are still being held in captivity by Jabhat al Nusra. They are in dire condition.
Clashes continue in different areas of Rojava.
The Kurdish red crescent delivers aid to Til Eran and Til Hassil victims who fled to Efrin city.
On 5 August foreign-backed and allegedly al-Qaeda-linked militants have killed 450 civilians, including 120 children, in Kurdish-majority Tal Abyad in northern Syria.
According to al-Alam, militants from al-Qaeda-linked al-Nusra Front attacked Tal Abyad district of Raqqa governorate on Monday, killing 330 women and elderly men as well as 120 children.
The massacre comes a week after al-Nusra militants attacked two Kurdish villages in Aleppo and took hostage around 200 civilians.