Tal Rifaat Council: We will not abandon our land; we will resist occupation

Tal Rifaat District Council condemned the Turkish shelling targeting the overcrowded district, and condemned the international silence regarding the continuous Turkish shelling on the area that includes thousands of displaced people in the occupied Afrin canton.

14 January, 2021 10:28

SHAHBA

Dozens of residents and members of institutions and communes gathered in Afrin region in the center of Tal Rifaat district to denounce the Turkish bombing and international silence.

A member of the Tel Rifaat District Council of al-Shahba canton, Fatima al-Hallaq, said at the beginning of a statement delivered today, “on behalf of the loyal steadfast people of Tal Rifaat, men and women, elderly, youth and children, in the name of every honorable and patriotic Syrian residing in the district who clings to his/her land and homeland, in the name of everyone who preserved the soil of homeland and offered their blood in defense of honor and dignity, and in the name of everyone who was not deceived by money, and from this place, and from the heart of the city of Tal Rifaat, which is proud of its honest steadfast people,

We condemn and denounce, in the strongest terms and in all languages, these barbaric violations by the Erdogan’s Turkish occupation and its mercenaries, and the war crimes and massacres they practiced against our defenseless people and our innocent children. "

The statement pointed out to the repeated Turkish bombing on the area, "Hardly a day passes without the Turkish enemy committing war crimes against the people, including shelling, killing and terrorizing children, and the destruction of health facilities and infrastructure, and practices the worst aggressive methods and crimes and masters them, and because he is a villainous and coward enemy, he practices his terrorism against defenseless civilian population, they are unable to confront on the front lines and on the battlefields. "

The statement denounced the international silence, "Every day that passes, this enemy adds new crimes to its criminal record against the Syrian people, and that these criminal and terrorist acts of the Turkish aggression and its mercenaries are repeated in light of international silence, and without any decision being issued condemning these actions by any state or international organization."

The statement stressed the continuation of the resistance in the face of the Turkish attacks, "We, the people of Tal Rifaat, will remain steadfast, and we will receive terrorist shells with our bare chests, and we tell the Turkish occupier that missiles, terrorist crimes and mercenary armies will not drive us out of our land and homes, but rather we will remain steadfast in the face of all colonial plots."

We will remain steadfast, and we will not abandon our lands and homes, as these attacks on Syrian lands are a continuation of the international conspiracy with the isolation imposed on the UN leader Abdullah Ocalan, and international coverage to divert attention from the isolation imposed on him in Imrali prison. "

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ANHA