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| UN: Syria Kurds block civilians fleeing ISIS |
| 2016-06-01 |
| [ENGLISH.ALARABIYA.NET] Civilians fleeing an ISIS offensive in northwestern Syria have been prevented by Syrian Kurdish authorities from entering areas under their control in response to rebel shelling of a Kurdish-held area of Aleppo, the United Nations ...where theory meets practice and practice loses... said. The civilians have been fleeing fighting between Syrian rebels and ISIS that advanced into the opposition-held town of Marea at the weekend, a significant advance by the gunnies against Turkish-backed bully boys. The United Nations has expressed concern ...meaning the brow was mildly wrinkled, the eyebrows drawn slightly together, and a thoughtful expression assumed, not that anything was actually done or indeed that any thought was actually expended... about an estimated 8,000 Syrians trapped by fighting in northern Aleppo. All the main parties to the Syrian war are fighting in the Aleppo area, and the Turkish-backed rebels who are battling ISIS north of the city have also been involved in hostilities with the Syrian Kurdish YPG militia, which controls wide areas of territory to the west of Marea. A situation update from the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said about 2,000 people had managed to evacuate Marea and nearby Sheikh Issa, which were encircled by ISIS on May 27. "However, ars longa, vita brevis... an estimated 7,000 civilians still remain inside and unable to leave due to restrictions imposed by Kurdish authorities," it added, saying that was a Kurdish response to rebel shelling of Aleppo’s Kurdish-held Sheikh Maqsoud area. Meanwhile, ...back at the revival hall, Buford bit the snake and Eloise began speaking in tongues... opposition authorities in the rebel-held town of Azaz near the Turkish border have issued a directive to not let in any more people fleeing ISIS-held areas. The court that issued the order cited fears of infiltration by covert ISIS gunnies posing as internally displaced people (IDPs), after 8,000 IDPs arrived in Azaz, OCHA said. |
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