Liberated Syrian civilians celebrates after escaping from Islamic State's stronghold
Women burn burqas while men shave off their beards to celebrate their freedom from Islamic State.
(Web Desk) – Syrain civilians in Raqqa celebrated their freedom from Islamic State’s strong hold by burning burqas, which women were forced to wear.
Liberated women pulled off their black robes over their dresses and set it on fire, after escaping from the north of Syria on Thursday.
According to the Independent, the women were seen cursing the strict dress code imposed by the Isis members. The radical group ordered women to cover their faces and wear loose-fitting gowns over their bodies.
The footage shows survivors emotionally stamping on the garments after they were freed by the US- backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), an alliance dominated by Kurdish fighters.
Raqqan civilians liberated from ISIS oppression in Raqqa by YPG-led Syrian Democratic Forces burn enforced clothes and cut enforced beards. pic.twitter.com/ZPfGHTILb9
— Rojava Defense Units (@DefenseUnits) July 21, 2017
The video was released by the SDF and People’s Protection Units (YPG) in Rojava-Northern Syria Federation.
One woman cried: “Give me a lighter, I’m going to burn this. May these clothes they forced us to wear be damned!”
Another civilian said while pointing out towards the burkas: “Burn these, may Allah burn them. They burned my father, they burned my father.”
She added: “I wish he was with us now in this happy time.”
Small children gathered around a woman who said: “They killed my father. They killed my husband. They fired a mortar at my house. My husband was outside, he was hit and died.”
A man told a barber to shave off the long beard he was forced to grow under Isis rule, saying: “Cut it all off just to spite them.”
According to the Syrian state TV citing a military source said that, Syrian warplanes carried out air strikes against Isis in the area of countryside east of Raqqa and close to where the US-backed forces operate. The SDf launched final assault to drive Isis out of its strong hold of the city last month, with efforts to try and dismantle the group’s hold in the north-east part of Syria.
