Thousands bid martyr Joan Kafrnaya farewell to final resting place

The funeral procession for the body of the martyr Ahmed al-Atrash, the nom de guerre (Joan Kafrnaya), who was martyred on November 13, during his participation in the second stage of Resistance of the Age, began in front of Afrin Hospital.

The procession toured the villages and districts of al-Shahba canton, reaching his hometown in the town of Kafrnaya.

At the shrine of the town, the participants stood for a minute of silence, after which the administrative committee of the families of the martyrs of Afrin region gave a speech, Soraya Habash, at the beginning of which she offered condolences to the martyr’s family and said, “The martyrs are alive, they are the beacon of the peoples.

Afterwards, the co-chair of the executive body of Afrin region, Shiraz Hamo, gave a speech, "In al-Shahba, our resistance is mixed with brotherhood, love and patriotism, and we will stand in the face of these plans hostile to our people."

For his part, a member of al-Shahba district council, Zakaria Shobak, offered condolences to the families of the martyr and all the families of the martyrs, and confirmed that the martyrdom of Joan Kafrnaya paves the way for building a society according to the basis of brotherhood of peoples.

After completing the words, Muhammad Weissi, a member of the Education Committee for the Democratic Society of Afrin Region, read the certificate of martyrdom, and it was handed over to the martyr’s family.

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