CITY, State (Fox News) — Outrage sparked as a video shows a Syrian militiaman holding a severed braid of a Kurdish fighter in Raqqa, amid shifting control in northeastern Syria and a fragile ceasefire.

Key Facts:

• The man claimed he took the braid from a woman affiliated with the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF).
• Online campaigns and protests erupted in solidarity with Kurdish women.
• Damascus aims to expand its reach into SDF-governed areas, prompting a U.S.-brokered ceasefire on Jan. 18.
• The ceasefire extension is tied to security concerns regarding ISIS prisoners held in northeastern Syria.
  

  Images:
  

• Women protesting by braiding their hair.
• Syrian security forces increase measures at Al-Hawl refugee camp.
• Syrian citizens celebrate in Raqqa, Syria.

  The fundamental dispute over integration between SDF and Damascus remains unresolved, with concerns of renewed fighting when the ceasefire expires.