Ruhenda Amed

RAQQA- Just a few days remain until the Raqqa city is entirely liberated, hundreds of civilians, who were rescued and transferred to safe areas, welcome freedom after captivity. “We owe the fighters our life,” said Meşail Muhammed Asev, who had been jailed for refusing “Marry again” order of Daesh after her husband had left the city, and she thanked to YPJ and SDF fighters.

The ‘Great Battle’ launched by the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) to liberate Raqqa from Daesh gangs is towards the end. The final phase of the operation named “Ednan Ebu Emced offensive”, the fallen commander of the operation to liberate Raqqa, to liberate the city center is going on. Lastly, the fighters have liberated Kurdan, Bedû and Sexanî neighborhoods and Neim Junction. As violent clashes broke out between Daesh and SDF fighters continue, hundreds of civilians are rescued and transferred by the SDF fighters every day.

The YPJ fighters take care of each civilian and the civilians told what they had faced to the fighters. Meşail Muhammed Asev is one of the hundreds civilians rescued by YPJ and SDF fighters two days ago. Meşail told her story to our news agency.

‘Daesh turned my life into a living hell’

Meşail Muhammed Asev, originally from Haseke city of Rojava, was forced to marry when she was 14 years old.  Husband of Meşail, has a two-year-old child now, left Raqqa after SDF fighters entered the city. Stating that her husband run to Turkey, Meşail said that she had wanted to go to Haseke from Raqqa but Daesh gangs hadn’t allowed her.  

Meşail continued to talk as follows; “I wanted to leave Raqqa. Daesh didn’t allow me. My brother came to Raqqa to take me. Daesh gangs’ members forcibly took him to fight with them. Daesh turned my life into a living hell.”

Stating that Daesh gangs’ members forced her to marry again, Meşail said she had refused to marry again and she had been jailed on charges of “being spy”. Meşail told what she had faced as follows; “They forcibly took my brother with them and they tried to force me to marry again. I didn’t accept that and they put me in jail saying, “You are a spy, you give information to SDF”. I didn’t know where I was for three months. About 500 women were in the prison. We all cooked for gangs’ members. They tortured us if we didn’t cook for them.”

Expressing that they got out from prison after three months when the clashes and bombardment started, Meşail said they had reached to the road opened by the SDF and gone to safe areas and she added, “May God bless the SDF fighters. SDF fighters have rights and conscience. I am very happy to be here. I would like to thank to SDF and YPJ fighters, who are nice to us. We owe the fighters our life.”