Those are some of the low points of two new videos of what appear to be Turkish-backed fighters abusing the mutilated body of a Kurdish fighter. The videos, which were posted on Saturday by the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, have caused an unusual uproar in a war in which hard-to-watch footage has been a regular feature. The head of the rights group, Rami Abdul Rahman, said on Monday that he had obtained the videos from one of the fighters pictured in them, who identified the group as part of the Free Syrian Army. That the object of abuse was a partly naked woman added to the outrage, with some commentators saying that even the Islamic State would not have behaved as badly. The body was identified by Kurdish forces as that of Barin Kobani, a military pseudonym, though a spokesman declined to confirm her real name.
Family of Kurdish female fighter seen naked, mutilated in graphic viral video speaks out
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The deceased body of a Kurdish female fighter was defiled in an Afrin battle. Who was she and what was she fighting for? Turkey-backed Syrian rebel fighters in military fatigues can be seen swarming the corpse, groping the pockets of her jeans. Barin Kobani and her brother Ahmed, who saw the graphic video online before learning that it was his younger sister. In desperation, he called around hoping it was someone else with the same name.
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It highlights the way Syrian government, under the control of Bashar al-Assad, systematically used rape and sexual violence as a tool to victimize and humiliate its perceived enemies. The stories in the report, written after interviews with more than people, document a terrifying and systematic pattern of sexual abuse by the government during house raids, at checkpoints and in detention centers. One security officer told me to go to my room and he followed me in. In some instances, women and girls recounted being raped outside or forced to walk naked in the streets in front of tanks. Some women who resisted were killed, or were forced to watch their relatives die.
The moment we were in the house, she wrapped her arms around me and began kissing me. She was breathing hard. I could tell that she was quite aroused, but I was still shocked that I could be the source, as she had always thought of me like a son.