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Kurdish fighters raise flag of PKK leader in centre of Raqqa
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Syrian activists reacted with anger as Abdullah Ocalan's image appeared following the liberation of the city from Islamic State
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Syrian social media users have reacted with alarm after the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) unveiled a large picture of Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) leader Abdullah Ocalan in the centre of Raqqa following the city's liberation from Islamic State.
The US-backed SDF, which is composed of Arabs and Kurds took control of Raqqa this week. The portrait of Ocalan was raised in the central al-Naim square by fighters affiliated to the People's Protection Units (YPG) during a parade of the female-only Women's Protection Units (YPJ).
In a statement after the flag-raising, the YPJ command said the victory in Raqqa was a victory for both Ocalan and women against the Islamic State group and other Islamist groups in Syria.
“Women have freed themselves of the exploitative male regime in political, social, cultural and military aspects, and became a solution to the problems and builder of morals," said Nesrin Abdullah.
"The establishment of women’s army against Ahrar al-Sham, Nusra and ISIS was a response to the powers in Syria, and a major step serving for the peoples of Syria.”
She ended the statement with the slogan “Jin, Jiyan, Azadi” translating as "woman, life, freedom".
Ocalan, who was born in the Turkish province of Sanliurfa, was a co-founder of the PKK in 1978 and led a guerrilla war against the Turkish state that resulted in more than 40,000 deaths.
Although the YPG has claimed it is independent from the PKK, the group acknowledges Ocalan as its ideological figurehead and PKK commanders are thought to control key institutions in northern Syria.
Syrian opposition activists criticised the move on Twitter with some saying that one "terrorist" group, the Islamic State, had simply been traded in for
another.
Kurdish fighters raise flag of PKK leader in centre of Raqqa | Middle East Eye
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