ISIS, which has targeted Kurds and others who are different from them in Sinjar, Kobanê, Makhmur, Kirkuk, Mosul and other places, has also spread terror and made life unbearable for Sunni Arabs.

Arabs who have escaped from ISIS in Jarablus say the gangs have spread terror and that they were unable to leave their houses or have a shave, and said they were waiting for the YPG to save the town. The people of Jarablus said: "They're not Arabs, all the bad people from every nation have come here and occupied our town. We call on the Arabs and the Kurds. Let's unite. We call on the YPG to come and save us."

Three people who have fled from Jarablus, which has been under ISIS control ever since the gangs took the town from the FSA, and taken refuge in Urfa, talked about the latest situation in the town. The three, a shopkeeper, a teacher and a motor mechanic, who withheld their names as their families are still in Jarablus, said that 80% of the 25-30 thousand population of Jarablus district had fled, and that only 1% of the Kurdish population, which had made up 20% of the population of the district, remained. The teacher added that some Arabs erroneously believed that the Kurds had supported the regime in the 1980s against the Muslim Brotherhood, and that these Arabs made up the basis of ISIS, looking for vengeance from the Kurds.

'Arabs and Kurds are brothers'

The teacher added that they lived together with the Kurds in Jarablus, Girê Spî (Tel Abyad), Serêkaniyê, Aleppo and Damascus. He said that ISIS had said they found 17 thousand US dollars in a village when they occupied Kobanê, calling on Arabs to go there for booty. He added: "Many Arabs went there and died. Now they are selling Kurdish villages. This is not something Arabs would do. There are bad people in every nation. There are many Kurds in ISIS. But we are brothers. 80% of the people of Jarablus are now waiting for the YPG to come and save them."

The shopkeeper said he had seen many Turks from Konya amongst the ISIS members, adding that to instil terror amongst the people ISIS executed one person every week in public. He said: "We couldn't leave our homes because we didn't know what we would encounter. Shaving and smoking were banned. They closed the barbers shops. Women have to be completely covered and men can't wear tight trousers. But their leaders can smoke, and lots of women go to the houses where the leaders live."

'The YPG should rescue us'

The motor mechanic from Jarablus explained the psychology of ISIS members. He said that one of the leaders was from Egypt and had overheard a conversation he had with his father. "He told his father to come, saying the food was good and that he could have as many women as he wanted," he added. He concluded by calling on Arabs and Kurds to unite to cleanse their town of the gangs. "We Arabs call on the YPG. We are also Syrian, come and save us."