Newroz Ahmed : the main objective of the occupation of Ras al-Ain, Tal Abyed is to erdicate the Kurds

The member of the General Command of the Syrian Democratic Forces, Newroz Ahmed, spoke in dialogue with ANHA agency; On the second anniversary of the occupation of Girê Spî/ Tal-Abyed and Serêkaniyê/ Ras al-Ain north and east of Syria, by the Turkish state and its mercenary factions.

The text of the dialogue read:

* Two years have passed since Turkey and its mercenary groups, Girê Spî/ Tal-Abyed and Serêkaniyê/ Ras al-Ain and other rural areas, were occupied under the pretext of the "safe zone." This came after American-Turkish talks; and the announcement by the President of the United States of the sudden withdrawal from Syria, how do you evaluate this agreement?

In its beginnings, 2019 saw intense talks between us and the Americans, as well as between the Turkish and American sides. The discussions were about what Turkey calls the safe zone, Turkey sought to remain in NE, Syria and establishment observation posts in cooperation with US and the pullout of SDF.

Turkish occupation demands are totally rejected, because we have never posed a threat to the Turkish state. Our people, who suffered woes by keeping pace with Turkey, did not accept that. The goal was to strike the security and stability of the region.

We have made numerous proposals to block the escalation, including the deployment of Global Coalition forces in the region, the return of Syrian IDPs without any hindrance and even the contribution of support to them.

We have not reached any understandings in that regard, and that is what Turkey wanted the talks to reach an impasse. Their intentions were clear from the outset, with the consent of the United States, the Turkish aggression against the two cities began after the withdrawal of the Global Coalition forces.

* The Turkish aggression, under the preoccupation of your forces to fight ISIS cells with the support of the Global Coalition, came after the announcement that ISIS control in NE, Syria would be geographically terminated. Was the aggression motivated to activate those cells and threaten security in the region?

In fact, the battle against ISIS in al-Baghouz town was not the end of the matter. For years, their stay in the areas they controlled in the desert formed their rule over that geography, they were carrying out attacks and operations in different areas in the form of cells.

Our forces have been very busy eliminating the outposts of these cells and achieving security in the southern regions. When Turkey launched its offensive, it was necessary to transfer fighters in large numbers to confront the occupying power, and this greatly affected the fight against ISIS cells.

ISIS cells benefited from this by bringing in their members from inside Iraqi territory, organizing them and working according to new tactics. It can be said that the Turkish aggression has greatly revived the activity of ISIS again after our forces were close to ending that danger.

*During the campaign to liberate the city of Raqqa in October 2017, Kirkuk was handed over to the Popular Mobilization Forces, and months after its liberation, the Russian forces withdrew from Afrin and occupied Turkey after a historical resistance to your forces, and after the liberation of Baghouz, America withdrew from Serêkaniyê and Girê Spî. What can we conclude from that? Especially that the aggression began on the anniversary of the international conspiracy?

Targeting the Kurds in the first place is the goal of the Turkish state, and it is no secret to anyone that; Turkey's intentions are clear regarding the Kurdish issue, they are determined that there is no solution to this issue.

Basically, if we delve a little deeper into the accelerating events in Syria, we can understand the reasons for Turkey's move to the mercenary groups and its great support for them, who called themselves the Free Army. In addition to al-Qaeda and ISIS, the attacks of these groups were part of a Turkish plot.

When these groups failed to achieve tangible results on the ground, Turkey began entering this war with its army and its advanced equipment. And after each victory of the Syrian Democratic Forces and the defeat of these groups; Turkey saw this as death for them and they would not accept that.

That is why they attacked Afrin, and in a regional plan, they captured Kirkuk; This was in the context of targeting the Kurdish people, especially since the Kurds are playing a pioneering role in the democratic nation's project with the participation of all Syrian components, and this is what Turkey sees as a threat to its plans. Also, authoritarian regimes see this project as a threat to them, and the peoples' union is destroying all existing conspiracies and schemes.

Choosing the 9th of October as the day to start the aggression is a Turkish message to remind that the conspiracy and the liquidation process are continuing, as we all know that the international conspiracy plotted against the leader Ocalan on that day did not achieve the desired results for Turkey.

Although with collaboration of Global Coalition to defeat ISIS, ISIS had been defeated strongly, which was threatening the entire world, they ignore the great role that we played on behalf of the world. We witnessed alliances with the Turkish state against the regions of NE, Syria, and they turned into part of the Turkish scheme. I would like to point out here an important thing, which is that Turkey is not alone in carrying out all these plans. When Afrin was occupied, there was close cooperation with Russia and the approval of the latter.

* After the Turkish aggression, the Syrian Democratic Forces reached an agreement with the Russian government to deploy the military police and units of the Damascus government forces on the frontlines with the Turkish occupation. Are these forces fulfilling their duty as a guarantor of the ceasefire process?

Let us remember here that the Syrian Democratic Forces and our people wrote heroic epics in confronting the Turkish occupation, even though the United States announced its complete withdrawal from Syria, and then returned and stationed in certain areas. Moscow has entered the line; To observe the ceasefire, the forces of the Damascus Government and the Russian military police were deployed on the frontlines between our forces and the Turkish occupation forces.

The continuous Turkish attacks on the region are carried out before the eyes of the guarantor parties, to the extent that they have suffered human losses as a result of the Turkish bombing of their positions. Besides, Turkey committed massacres and killed many civilians on the front lines.

Turkey was arguing that it would not accept the presence of the People's Protection Units and the Women's Protection Units in the front lines and close to its borders, but today the forces of the Damascus Government are deployed there, so why not stop the bombings targeting civilians?

These arguments continue today; It is also promoted by the Turkish media machine. There is always talk about the infiltration of our forces on the battlefronts and that their forces are responding. All of these are fabricated events that Turkey plans and publishes to public opinion, and they are baseless.

It seems that there are undeclared concluded agreements between the Russian and Turkish sides. Russia can stop the Turkish attacks that target our areas on a daily basis. They can stop the massacres committed against civilians. Why haven't they done that yet? They do not even state a clear and explicit position on their role as a guarantor power in the region. This creates the impression that there are Russian goals behind the silence.

Our people are fed up with these practices, and we are a military force compelled to respond militarily to Turkish violations, and we have done so many times. This creates a state of insecurity and many violations in light of the Russian position, in addition to the silence of the United States and the countries of the Global Coalition.

* The leadership of the Syrian Democratic Forces spoke earlier, that dozens of ISIS are fighting the Syrian Democratic Forces, under the supervision of mercenary groups affiliated with Turkey in the occupied areas, and footage of raising ISIS flags in the center of the city of Serêkaniyê after its occupation and the burning of flags of the Global Coalition forces showed that not Is this a danger to be ignored by the international community?

In fact, this is basically the Turkish goal. They are talking about a safe zone, and this safe zone is densely crowded with ISIS and criminals, and Turkey has sought to turn these occupied areas into a focus for these groups, and it keeps them inside Syrian territory, that is, outside its borders. The cooperation of the Turkish state and mercenary groups such as ISIS/ Daesh and Jabhat al-Nusra is no secret to anyone.

The Turkish state has admitted, according to its claim, that it has enabled some families in Ain Issa and other camps to escape. Let us ask here, who are those who fled to those occupied areas and which Turkey intervened to smuggle? indeed they are the families of ISIS, it happened before the eyes of the world. Can anyone deny that? We have evidence that those who are fighting the battles today against us in Ain Issa and other areas are ISIS. We have published documents on this and provided them to the countries of the Global Coalition.

During the attack on Tel Abyad and Serêkaniyê, ISIS symbols and flags were present, even the tactics of the attack, the method of committing crimes and the mutilation of corpses, all belonged to ISIS, they were fighting alongside the Turkish occupation army.

Today we face a threat similar to ISIS; Turkey is working in the occupied territories to restructure these groups of ISIS remnants under different names, which will pose a threat to the entire world. Here it has sent mercenaries to Libya and Azerbaijan, and the worsening situation in Afghanistan. All these indicators are sufficient to understand the Turkish role that operates under the Islamic cloak.

*Some photos have proven that mercenary groups affiliated with Turkey are using NATO weapons in the battles taking place in Ain Issa and Tal Tamr against your forces; Which is an effective force in the Global Coalition to eliminate ISIS, how can the Turkish role be read here?

Those who train the mercenary groups from the remnants of ISIS are the officers of the Turkish army. The weapons that Turkey has are weapons made by Western countries, despite the Turkish propaganda that they are developing and manufacturing weapons locally, but this is not true; The Turkish state does not have the ability to do so, so it largely uses the equipment and weapons of NATO countries.

The Turkish occupation, as well as the mercenary factions, used these advanced weapons and equipment in their aggression against Afrin canton. In Serêkaniyê, they used chemical weapons and white phosphorous to bombard the city, all of these weapons belong to NATO.

NATO should take a tougher stance on these practices, and on countries that supply Turkey with these weapons and that claim to be concerned about human rights in Syria; To realize that they are helping Turkey in displacing and killing innocent civilians.

* Speaking about the future of Serêkaniyê and Girê Spî regions, can the tensions in Syria between the active forces lead to the process of liberating the two regions soon by the Syrian Democratic Forces?

I would like to say that we owe it to our martyrs who sacrificed their blood as well as to our steadfast resistance people, this occupation on this land cannot be accepted. Meanwhile, our fighters are resisting the Turkish occupation on different fronts. Our diplomatic and political missions do not stop at the meeting of the active forces. We will not stop at this point. It requires us to raise the pace of the struggle to liberate Serêkaniyê, Girê Spî and Afrin.

Damascus Government has to play its role as well. We must work together to end the occupation of Syrian territory. Today we face two fronts; On the one hand, we are fighting ISIS cells in different regions, and on the other hand we are facing Turkey and its occupying ambitions.

To end the activity of mercenary groups in Syria, we must fight the occupation. In order to end emigration abroad and the return of the IDPs, we must also fight the occupation. To liberate the regions and get the whole of Syria out of the quagmire, we must all fight the occupation.

T/S

ANHA