The Syrian Observatory For Human Rights

Resentment increase in SDF-controlled areas against the backdrop of the forced conscription issue after arresting a child and sending notices to about 130 teachers to join the military service

The great public discontent continues within areas of control of the Syria Democratic Forces, against the backdrop of the forced conscription on certain ages varies according to the area which increases the resentment among citizens, where the Syrian Observatory learned that lists of new names of about 130 teacher names arrived in al-Darbasiyah town in al-Hasakah countryside, of who are after 1986, the where the citizens called for exempting the teachers from the compulsory service or accepting their postponement, and in the same context, reliable sources told the Syrian Observatory that a military force arrested a 15 years old boy from Sharan village, where he was arrested in Ihres and was forced into the military conscription in a detachment that includes children under the age of eighteen, and the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights published this morning that the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights learned from several reliable sources that special forces of the Syria Democratic Forces arrested SDF members in al-Shaddadi city in the last 48 hours, and in the details obtained by the Syrian Observatory: 10 logistic members of the Syria Democratic Forces were arrest by the special forces of the Syria Democratic Forces, after forcing the members to serve for 12 days in al-Kom area in order to have a vacation for 3 days, which was rejected by the members and led to their arrest eventually, amid demands for releasing them, and the Syrian Observatory published yesterday that the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitored a great public dissatisfaction in the Syria Democratic Forces’ controlled areas east of Euphrates, and in the details obtained by the Syrian Observatory from several reliable sources: popular discontent prevails cities of Al-Hasakah, Qamishli, Amuda, Darbasiyah and others within the so-called “Al-Jazeera territory,” which are under the control of the Syria Democratic Forces, after the Defense Office of the Self-administration issued a new law provides for recruiting young men in the aforementioned areas, who were born between 1986 and 2001, unlike other areas such as al-Tabaqa, Manbij, Deir Ezzor, and al-Raqqah, where the recruitment their will be for those who were born between 1990 and 2001, and the Syrian Observatory published on the 13th of May 2019 that the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights learned that this morning a meeting took place in al-Shuhayl town, included elders and sheikhs from al-Ekydat tribe of Deir Ezzor to discuss the situation of the tribe, after the 2 massacres carried out by the International Coalition Forces and the Syria Democratic Forces, where the meeting led to a statement read by the Sheikh Rashid Jamil al-Hafl

The Syrian Observatory received a copy of it, it says:

“1. Adding the West Euphrates area to its East and expelling the Iranian and Russian militias and the regime forces.

  1. Requesting the International Coalition Forces to hand over the administration of the Arab areas to their people just like the Kurds in their areas.
  2. Releasing civilian detainees.
  3. Evacuation the camps from the women and children of the province.
  4. Demand to investigation al-Shuhayl and Daman massacres in which only civilians were killed.”

And it was agreed to form a committee of the tribe’s elders to communicate and understand with the International Coalition.

The Syrian Observatory published on the 3rd of May 2019 that the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights learned that the “Syria Democratic council” organized the “Forum of Syrian Clans” in Ayn Issa town in the northwestern countryside of al-Raqqah, where leaders and representatives of the Syria Democratic Forces meet with hundreds of representatives of tens of Syrian clans, in addition to the civil and popular events today, Friday the 3rd of May 2019, as part of the joint coordination between both parties to prevent the risks and renounce the sedition that the regional bodies are seeking to spread there through groups affiliated to them, in order to drag the area into chaos, and the Syrian Observatory published on the 28th of April 2019 that the Syrian Observatory monitored the exit of a new demonstration in Shannan village which is controlled by the Syria Democratic Forces in the eastern countryside of Deir Ezzor, where the demonstrators raised banners some of which say: “we demand the release of civilian detainees who were arrested without a guilt” along with names of some detainees at SDF, and “Where are the Oil resources? We will no longer accept the transfer of our riches beyond our areas”, in the same context, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights learned that a meeting took place in the factories area, between representatives of the Syria Democratic Forces and notables of al-Bakir clan, to whom the family of Farhan Mashman al-Sarhan (who was killed by the International Coalition and SDF a few days ago) belongs, and the sources added that the leadership of SDF asked for the presence of representatives of the demonstrators, but they refused and only sent demands, the Syrian Observatory obtained a copy of them:

“1-Stopping the arbitrary operation carried out by the security services against the innocent people.

  1. Releasing the detainees of the malicious reports and the ready-charges such as (belongs to ISIS or belongs to Euphrates shield)
  2. Releasing women and children of the area detained in camps.
  3. Not dealing with the regime and stopping the oil smuggling crossings.
  4. Activating the role of people of the area who are commanders in SDF.
  5. Treat the people of Deir Ezzor in al-Hasakah and al-Raqqah well and allowing them to enter and leave without a guarantor.
  6. canceling conscription and taking volunteers only.
  7. canceling the role of cadres present in the Civil Council and activating the role of committee heads and the president of the Civil Council.
  8. Provision of fuel and electricity.
  9. Not to interfere with the demonstrators.
  10. Ending the problems caused by the military command with civilians”

Pictures by the Syrian Observatory show the “Forum of Syrian Clans” organized by the Syria Democratic Council in Ayn Issa town in the northwestern countryside of Al-Raqqah.