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SDF arrests Syrians who refuse to serve

Residents of Syria’s Raqqa governorate are protesting the conscription efforts by the Kurdish-dominated Syrian Democratic Forces as young men who refuse to enlist are arrested.

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The Syrian Democratic Forces celebrate the first anniversary of Raqqa province's liberation from the Islamic State in Raqqa, Syria, Oct. 27, 2018. — REUTERS/Aboud Hamam

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