It’s hard to say. I didn’t see any YPG markings in the video, but the commander-in-chief guy they interview is a member of the YPG and a friend of Abdullah Öcalan, and was a combatant in the PKK.
The news says SDF, which include the YPG as leader of the coalition. The interview guy also had an SDF flag on his shoulder. Flag over the camp is also an SDF flag.
To be frank, I’m not even sure what the YPG or Syria could do here. So many of these people are foreigners, and many are from countries that refuse to allow them back due to ISIS affiliation. They’re in limbo. Its not like Syria is a very prosperous country, they’re still technically in a civil war. China and the Soviet Union had many efforts at deradicalization post-civil war and post WW2, but they are giant countries with a ton of resources.
I think you still have to consider if these policies are actually warranted, do they have to systematically separate sons from their mothers, do they have to view and treat them as baby makers for a future islamic army?
Within the limits of “they can’t move these people out of the country and there is a danger in allowing their free movement within the country” there is still choices being made and those have to be scrutinized.
It’s hard to say. I didn’t see any YPG markings in the video, but the commander-in-chief guy they interview is a member of the YPG and a friend of Abdullah Öcalan, and was a combatant in the PKK.
The news says SDF, which include the YPG as leader of the coalition. The interview guy also had an SDF flag on his shoulder. Flag over the camp is also an SDF flag.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mazloum_Abdi
To be frank, I’m not even sure what the YPG or Syria could do here. So many of these people are foreigners, and many are from countries that refuse to allow them back due to ISIS affiliation. They’re in limbo. Its not like Syria is a very prosperous country, they’re still technically in a civil war. China and the Soviet Union had many efforts at deradicalization post-civil war and post WW2, but they are giant countries with a ton of resources.
I think you still have to consider if these policies are actually warranted, do they have to systematically separate sons from their mothers, do they have to view and treat them as baby makers for a future islamic army?
Within the limits of “they can’t move these people out of the country and there is a danger in allowing their free movement within the country” there is still choices being made and those have to be scrutinized.
Oof. That’s not good