Kurdish soldiers who fought against Islamic State want help to get their wounds treated in the West
Kurdish soldiers who lost limbs fighting the so-called Islamic State in Syria have been rebuffed in their efforts to get medical visas allowing them advanced care in Western countries, the Kurds’ top foreign affairs official says.
"The injured soldiers are part of the coalition against the Islamic State. The Islamic State were the ones threatening the world."A lot of our injured fighters cannot be treated here ... We will pay for [the treatment]. They haven’t even given us that visa. This is not fair."A further 11,000 Kurdish soldiers were killed.
"I was trying to reach my weapon to kill myself," he said. "If I’d been captured by ISIS, they would have tortured me."By the time he got to the major hospital at Hassaka for treatment, he needed 4.5 litres of blood - nearly an entire body’s worth. He is clearly suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder as well.It is remarkable what some of them have survived.
He describes the contrast between the Kurds and the IS fighters, most of whom had come from outside Syria. The Islamic State fighters were "brainwashed", he said. They would use drugs such as Tramadol - an opiate that dulls pain and fear. The Kurds would find empty packets everywhere as they took IS territory.
Sipan Abdulrahman Khadir who lost the lower part of his left leg in Baghouz reapplies the bandage to his leg as Sipan Ezzo, 20, looks on. Ezzo lost both legs and his right hand and part of his arm.Mustafa Bali, the spokesman for the largely Kurdish Syrian Democratic Forces, said on Twitter at the weekend: "[The] US military hasn’t yet informed or co-ordinated any withdrawal of its troops with the SDF from north Syria, contrary to reports [in the media].
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