1/24 – Massacre Claimed as SDF Fighter Killed 21 in Village Near Syria’s Kobane – Antiwar.com

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1/24 — Massacre Claimed as SDF Fighter Killed 21 in Village Near Syria’s Kobane

SDF says fighter was dismissed, referred to military court for killings

The Kurdish SDF has reported that one of their fighters was involved in an apparent massacre in the village of Kharous, near the important border city of Kobane. The incident gained major national attention after a video was released online of the killer bragging about the incident.

The fighter in question was posing with the bodies of 21 people he’d killed, and purported that they were all tribal gunmen loyal to the central government. Other reports, however, suggest the killed were detainees that the Kurdish autonomous government had captured and released, and may have included other civilians from the village.

The SDF said this was not in keeping with their “military and ethical values” and that the fighter was immediately dismissed from the organization and referred to a military court for his apparent crimes. They added the incident was “individual and unacceptable.”

The incident apparently happened on Friday night, amid ongoing reports of a siege against SDF-held Kobane and the surrounding areas. Kurds displaced in the surrounding area have flocked to Kobane, and major displacement camps have been established, raising humanitarian concerns.

The SDF statement on that matter accused the government of violating the ceasefire in its attacks on Kobane and the Jazira region. They also claimed that the ongoing military preparations for more offensives against the SDF showed that the government intends to push toward war rather than a political solution.

The ceasefire that is nominally still in place was a four-day ultimatum by the Sharaa government demanding the SDF accept all their demands for ceding territory and integrating into the military on their terms. That ceasefire expires Saturday at 8:00 pm, though there have been some reports that an extension has been reached to push the matter further down the road.

That the four days of ceasefire didn’t successfully resolve the fighting was no surprise, as both sides have been accusing one another of violation since the the first day, and that ceasefire was only announced after the one two days prior had collapsed outright.

🔗SOURCE ➡️ Antiwar.com

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