Kurdish militias participated with American soldiers broke up a popular strike carried out by the people and merchants of the city of "Manbij" eastern countryside of Aleppo came in response to the imposition of compulsory recruitment.

According to sources of Syria Call "Nedaa Syria" news network that the city, "Manbij" this morning saw a comprehensive strike of shops and commercial markets continued for several hours before the intervention of Kurdish protection militias (YPG) accompanied by US soldiers to break the doors of shops and force their owners to return to work.

The sources added that some tribal leaders loyal to the militias went to the main market and forced the owners to open their shops and threatened them with imprisonment if they refused.

The Kurdish protection militias imposed compulsory recruitment in all the Arab areas they controlled, including Raqqa, Tabqa and Manbij, while the residents refuse to do so. They occasionally carry out strikes, sit-ins and demonstrations to abolish laws that require them to send their children to fight for the " YPG " sake.

It is noteworthy that forced recruitment or what is now known as the "self-defense duty" is a law that the militias have begun to impose in the areas under their control, under which youths been taken to serve from 18 to 30 years for nine months with the possibility of extension if necessary.