ISIS forcibly displace Syrian Kurdish civilians from their homes

Attacks on Kurds continue. ISIS forcibly displace Syrian Kurdish civilians from their homes in the town of Tal Abyad. 

Activists from Tal Abyad city have reported that the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS) forcibly evicted 15 Kurdish families from their houses in the town 2 days ago, because they allegedly support the Democratic Union Party (PYD) and the People’s Protection Units (YPG). They reported that the ISIS refused to let the forcibly displaced families take any of their belonging with them, and made them leave before the deadline imposed on them to evacuate their homes and town to an unknown location. This meant that the families were forced to sleep in the open in the current terrible weather, with snow falling on Tal Abyad and many other parts of Syria. The ISIS then housed families who are linked to it in the homes of the displaced Kurds. One of the displaced suffered a a heart attack and had to be taken to cross the Turkish border to seek medical assistance. Activists also report that the ISIShave stormed the house of another Syrian Kurd and destroyed some of his property. Activists in the area also confirmed the death of a 60 year old man after 3 months of being detained by the ISIS, he died of wounds from torture. 

In Aleppo province the ISIS attacked the villages of Tel Betal and Quntarsh, by al-Bab city, and that the ISIS kidnapped 2 civilians during their attack yesterday. the ISIS has imposed a siege on the Kobani and Efrin districts of Aleppo province since February 2013, the areas are predominantly Kurdish. In the past three days the ISIS executed 5 men that tried to take food to the besieged areas. The villages in the western countryside witness almost daily clashes between the YPG and the ISIS, Jabhat al-Nusra and their rebel allies. 

The ISIS has detained from 2/12/2013 51 Syrian Kurdish civilians, including 2 children, 7 girls and a woman, from the cities of Menbej and Jarablus, Aleppo province. Only 5 of those kidnapped have been released so far. The ISIS has reportedly since taken over the bakeries and stores of Kurdish civilians in the Menbej.

The ISIS kidnapped 11 civilians, including a woman and a girl, from the city of Jarables 2 days ago.

Clashes continue since this morning between the ISIS and YPG by the Juneidiya village in Hasakah province, 3 YPG fighters have been killed.