Faris Harbo: Iraq must hold its responsibility regarding Turkish violations

Since 16 August, Shengal province has been under the air raids of the Turkish occupation, resulted in the martyrdom the Commander of Shengal Resistance Units, Saeed Hassan, in 17^th August by targeting the hospital in Sakena village.

In a statement to ANHA agency, Faris Harbo, head of the Relations Committee for the Autonomous Administration in Shengal, explained that "since August 16^th, Shengal has been subjected to Turkish occupation air raids, which aims to occupy the region, by fighting the indigenous peoples in the region to force them to leave their land."

"Unfortunately, on August 16^th, we lost the Yazidi Commander, Saeed Hassan, who was leading the Shengal Resisyance Units, YBŞ, in addition to his nephew who was accompanying him, who had a role in liberating the Yazidi lands occupied by ISIS terrorist," said Faris Harbo.

Harbo indicated that Turkey did not respect the visit of Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kazemi to Shengal province, and said, "It killed an Iraqi Yazidi Commander and one of his companions, who are officially affiliated with the Iraqi Popular Mobilization Forces, an official Iraqi military force, and this indicates the lack of respect for this aggressor country for the sovereignty of Iraq." and head of his government."

He explained, "Turkey was not satisfied with that, but returned to bombarding a hospital in a village south of Mount Sinjar, and this matter left martyrs and wounded who were defenders of Iraq, the Yazidis and their land."

He stressed that the attacks are a continuation of the genocide of the Yazidi people, and said, "We consider these attacks a continuation of the genocide of the Yazidi people after what ISIS did, and today we see that the Turkish state led by its President Erdogan wants to complete what ISIS started, which is the elimination of the Yazidi people."

Faris Harbo was surprised by the Iraqi government's silence regarding the Turkish attacks, saying, "We are surprised and wonder: Why is this silence on the part of the Iraqi government, which bears the responsibility to protect its people on all Iraqi lands, and we stress the need for Iraq, in turn, to respond to Turkey by all possible means."

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ANHA