Kurdish Forces Intensify Separatist Moves in Northeastern Syria

The Kurdish forces have started gathering taxes from civilians in Hasaka city in line with their plan to secede from mainland Syria, local sources confirmed on Friday.

The Arabic-language al-Watan al-Arabi daily quoted local sources as reporting that the Kurdish fighters have recently embarked on forcing civilians in Hasaka to pay income-taxes in line with their cessation plan, adding that the new taxes are apart from the taxes the Kurdish force have been levying from agricultural lands and people's business in Aleppo and other regions under their control.

Al-Watan further said that the employees in Hasaka have to pay 1,000 lira for 50,000 lira of monthly salary.

The paper further said that Kurdish forces did not allow some food-stuff trucks to enter Hasaka province from an entrance at the town of Tal Tamr, claiming that the trucks had not paid customs duties.
 (farsnews.com)
 12/1/18