​​​​​​​AANES: Without liberation of Afrin, occupied territories, democratic project in Syria not to be successful

 The Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria issued a written statement in conjunction with the anniversary of the declaration of the Autonomous Administration in Afrin, and stressed that "without the liberation of Afrin and the other occupied areas, the democratic project in Syria will not be successful."

 At the beginning of the statement it was stated:

 "The Autonomous Administration project in Syria represented a qualitative leap towards breaking the traditional administration model in Syria that prevailed for decades and was the cause of the current crisis and its complexities. This project, which crystallized with the beginnings of 2014 amid the increasing Syrian scene toward the unknown, was a mainstay in preventing the region from being drawn into the north and east of Syria towards the security chaos and the development of radical organizations in it, as well as some regional efforts to make our region a soft flank through which to kill Syria and its people, as is happening today in other regions in which Turkey succeeded in this project.

 'We will only accept a dignified return that befits Afrin and its people and their sacrifices'

 The Autonomous Administration noted in its statement that the return of the people of Afrin is the one who sustained its struggle. "Afrin, with all its contents, also represented a strong example of the administration model, and its people built their self-institutions with all strength and determination, and what was the attack that took place on Afrin in 2018, but that Afrin was and still is the example  which embodied the reality of the Autonomous Administration, not to mention that it has turned into a safe destination for all those who fled from the brutality of the war in Syria.

 On the seventh anniversary of the founding of the Autonomous Administration of Afrin, we congratulate all of our people, and on this occasion we recall the efforts and struggle made by our people in Afrin to build their will and self-power;  We also affirm that without the liberation of Afrin and the other occupied territories, the democratic project in Syria will not be successful, and the Autonomous Administration project will not be complete without Afrin.  We also assure our forcibly displaced people from Afrin that their return is at the core of our struggle and insistence on liberation, and we will only accept a dignified return that befits Afrin, its people and their sacrifices.

 The statement also recalled "all the martyrs of Afrin and the martyrs of the democratic struggle and the brotherhood of the peoples project in north and east Syria, and we pledge to them to walk the line of resistance and struggle until the goals of our people in democratic transformation and fulfillment of the march of our heroic martyrs are achieved."

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