The Syrian city of Raqqa is fast turning into a breeding ground for violent crime syndicates with the SDF militants failing to improve the security situation while indulging in corruption in frequent intervals
"There is a weakness in the governance on account of the security grip which affects the administrative and organizational work. The negative SDF policy which fosters the ethnic gap between Arabs and Kurds such as conscription since the SDF is dominated by the Kurds."Assi said another major issue is rising corruption in the SDF ranks.
Saleh al Omar, 31, a vet whose clinic was destroyed by the coalition warplanes during the Raqqa operation, now works as a taxi driver. He doesn’t have the money to buy new equipment and open a new clinic. Saleh al Omar, a resident of Raqqa, survived an IED explosion on June 5 2017. The landmine was planted by Daesh and he was on his way to bring his brother’s dead body from al Hisiwa village. It was a time when Daesh was forcibly evicting people from their homes.