A trend of women posting photos and videos of their braided hair has grown on Turkish social media platforms in recent days following reports that a member of Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa’s Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) cut the braids off of a Kurdish SDF fighter in northern Syria.

Written by Leo Kendrick

The HTS member in question is Rami Yusuf Dehesh, who appeared in a recent online video showing him holding cut-off braids allegedly........

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