Hasakah- Barîn Dêrazor decided to join the Women's Defense Units (YPJ) to protect women and children after witnessing the crimes committed by ISIS against women when she was a child. She joined the YPJ following the liberation of her village by the fighters of the YPJ and the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF). She is one of the YPJ fighters joining the “Permanent Security Operation” launched by the YPJ/YPG and SDF in and around al-Hol camp on November 6 against ISIS sleeper cells.

Barîn Dêrazor witnessed the atrocity of ISIS when she was just seven years old. “I witnessed the torture of ISIS against people,” she told NuJINHA. “They killed people in front of children and elderly people. As a child, I saw the massacres committed by ISIS. ISIS aimed to create fear among children by killing people in front of them.”

‘Women were stoned’

Recalling that ISIS tortured women who did not wear black veils and abayas, Barîn Dêrazor said, “They forced children to stone women. At that time, I thought that I should be a strong woman to protect children and women.

 ‘ISIS saw women as slaves’

“ISIS saw women as slaves. My family was also subjected to torture of ISIS. We were able to overcome this process only after our village was liberated by the YPJ/SDF.”

‘I am here for the mothers whose children were killed’

After witnessing the atrocity of ISIS, Barîn Dêrazor joined the YPJ to “rescue women abducted by ISIS and protect children and women from the atrocity of ISIS. My aim is to unite women against the atrocity of ISIS.”

 ‘The goal of the operation is to protect women and children’

 Speaking about the operation launched in and around al-Hol camp against ISIS sleeper cells, she said, “Our aim is to take control of the villages and destroy the weapons that ISIS uses to kill women and children. The goal of the operation is to protect women and children.”