Thousands of Turkmens and Arabs who escaped from the PKK Syrian affiliate Democratic Union Party's (PYD) armed People's Protection Units (YPG) in the northern Syrian town of Tal Abyad accused the organization of committing brutal offenses, including forcing people to migrate after confiscating their property and ethnic cleansing. Speaking to the Sabah daily after taking shelter in Turkey among nearly 60,000 refugees in the aftermath of the YPG capturing the town, Arab refugees claimed the YPG perpetrates atrocities with the pretext of fighting DAESH. Youssef al-Mohammed, 43, and Ahmad al-Hassan, 50, who currently live in the Ak