Al-Qaftan renews call to hold accountable those responsible for assassination of martyr Hevrin Khalaf

 The statement of Ibrahim al-Qaftan, head of the Future Syria Party, came in a statement to our agency, on the second anniversary of the assassination of the party's Secretary-General, Hevrin Khalaf, at the hands of mercenary groups backed by Turkey.

 Hevrin Khalaf was martyred with her driver and one of her assistants on October 12, 2019, along with six civilians on the M4 international road in northeastern Syria.

 Khalaf was killed in an attack by Ahrar al-Sharqiya mercenaries, after a group of them infiltrated with Turkish air cover into the depths of Syrian territory, during the Turkish aggression on the areas of Serêkaniyê / Ras al-Ain and Girê Spî / Tal Abyad.

 Hevrin was assassinated a few kilometers from the American forces base.

 'The Turkish state keeps the perpetrators'

 In that context, Al-Qaftan said, "The Turkish state is still embracing the perpetrators who committed the crime against the martyr Hevrin Khalaf. We are still following this issue through all international forums, whether it is at the level of the United Nations or human rights organizations, but there is nothing so far regarding a trial.  These perpetrators are kept by the Turkish state."

He pointed out that the groups that assassinated Hevrin Khalaf;  "It and its supporters are responsible for the destruction of Syria during the 10 years of the ongoing war," calling for "we renew the call to hold accountable the perpetrators who committed war crimes, led by the Turkish state, which continues to support terrorism in all its aspects, whether it is in Syria, Libya or Azerbaijan."

Khalaf was appointed in the summer of 2014 as the co-chair of the Energy Authority, before she became the co-chair of the Economic Authority  in the Jazira canton, to be elected in the spring of 2018 the Secretary-General of the Future Syria Party.

 'Turkey must end and political dialogue begin'

 The head of the Future Syria Party, Ibrahim Al-Qaftan, stressed that "crimes will continue in the region at a time when the Turkish state sponsors terrorists. This must be put to an end by the international community, while the Damascus government relies on foreign countries and marginalizes Syrian society and its issues," adding that "the solution lies in the solidarity of the people of Syria."  The Syrian people and the start of political dialogue between the Autonomous Administration and the government of Damascus and even with the Turkish state, and in that context, the Syrian Democratic Council expressed its willingness to do so.

 The Turkish aggression by land and air on October 9, 2019, caused dozens of victims, women, children and men;  The displacement of about 300,000 Syrian citizens from their homes, and the occupation of the cities of Serê Kaniyê/Ras al-Ain and Girê Spî/Tal Abyad, and large areas to the Syrian depth of 32 km.

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