Konflikten i Syrien

The YPG, and by extension the PYD, “are not just hostile to the Arabs, but are enemies of the people and the revolution in its entirety,” al-Hasakawi tells Syria Direct’s Ammar Hamou.

For example, the regime is supported by the YPG, which is attacking the village of Tel Hamees [and the surrounding villages] with support from the international coalition and its air cover.

Man bränner hus som tillhör ISIS sympatisörer i Tikrit varför kan man inte göra samma sak i Hasakah?

In the Assad regime's heartland, dead officers are sent home in ambulances, while the corpses of ordinary soldiers are returned in undecorated pick-up trucks.

Then come the press gangs: military recruiters raid houses to find replacements by force for the dwindling ranks of Syria's military.

Sharing their sect with President Bashar al-Assad, Alawites have long been the core constituency for the Syrian regime. As the civil war drags into its fifth year, the minority sect is seen by opposition rebels as remaining unwaveringly loyal.

But from inside the community, the picture looks very different: as their sons die in droves on the front lines, and economic privileges – subsidies and patronage – cease, Alawites increasingly feel they are tools and not the beneficiaries of the regime.

In a series of exclusive interviews, Alawites from the coastal province of Latakia, the sect's heartland, have told the Telegraph of how they are now trapped between jihadists who consider them apostates, and a remote and corrupt regime that told them the war would be easy to win.

British fighter urges the West to help Kurds fight extremists

A former IT worker who quit the UK to fight Islamic extremists has called on the West to intervene in the conflict.

Jac Holmes, 22, from Dorset, joined Kurdish forces battling the Islamic State

The comments by Mr Holmes come days after Devon father of two and former Royal Navy seaman Steven Christopher Costa, 31, said he planned to travel to Iraq to fight the “rabid dogs” of Isis.

Mr Costa said he planned to leave his wife and children behind to join fellow ex-servicemen in the Middle East next month.

He is making the 4,000 mile trip on his own funds and once he is arrived he will fight unpaid alongside members of the Kurdish Peshmerga.

Mr Costa, who served with the Royal Navy for six years, and said his decision was based on “necessity” rather than thoughts of glory.

http://www.westernmorningnews.co.uk/British-fighter-urges-West-help-Kurds-fight/story-26297723-detail/story.html#jUD6G7yAeRUI5Zoy.99

Lions of Rojava.. Western fighters join Syrian Kurds in anti-ISIS campaign

“What prompted me to come here and join the Kurdish forces was the desire to help eliminate the enemies of humanity (in reference to IS militants),” Peter said.

“By this amount of brutality and barbaric atrocities against innocent civilians, theese terrorists are trying to destroy humanity. Thus it seems a duty to fight and eliminate them.”

“They are a source of extremism and terrorism, and they share all inhuman qualities,” he added.

http://aranews.net/2015/04/lions-of-rojava-western-fighters-join-syrian-kurds-in-anti-isis-campaign/