Syrian regime's ruling party, Al Ba'ath, has graduated of the first batch of the women's Battalion in Hasaka province, activists said.
"Khansawat of Syria” to operate in regime-controlled areas of the countryside of Qamishli city.
Activist Abdullah al-Qamishlawi reported to Zaman al-Wasl that officials of al-Baath party including Hilal Hilal, the National Assistant Secretary have announced the graduation of first militias of women called Khnsawat of Syria, which were formed in the beginning of Januarythis year.
The activist detailed that the 150 trainees were taken to perform a military march in front of many officials, including the governor of Hasaka Jaber al-Mousa.
Jazya al-Taeemi, a member of Ba'ath Party branch in Hasaka, who supervised the formation of Khansawat of Syria battalion, affiliate of al-Baath Brigades in Syria had announced via regime media that similar training would be performed for many women battalions, as big number of women are waiting to join.
In the beginning of January this year, Al Baath Party, branch of Hasaka, had started the formation of first women's Battalion under name "Khansawat of Syria", taking the name of al-Khansaa, the famous historic Arabic woman known of her courage, in the countryside of Qamishli northern of Hasaka.
The Syrian regime has formed many militias in Hasaka, the most known ones are: National Defense Forces (NDF), al-Baath Brigades, Sotoro, shield the Syrian Jazeera. On the other hand, the Democratic Union Party formed militias of People's Protection Units (YPG), Women’s Protection Units (YPJ), Asayish and others, which clashed with the Syrian regime and other opposition’s military formations, and now claim to fight the Islamic State.
Hasaka province has been controlled by many forces, from one side, the military forces of Democratic Union Party control the widest area, while, the other forces are the regime's which controls the security square in the city and some villages around Qamishli, however ISIS controls small area of the city
