​​​​​​​21,000 citizens their lives are endangered in Tal-Rifaat, Shahba canton 

Over the past two days, the Turkish occupation army and its mercenaries have bombed the Tel Rifaat district and several villages and districts in the Shahba canton and Sherawa district in the occupied canton of Afrin, injuring six citizens, including three children under the age of 10. These constant attacks threaten the lives of thousands of IDPs of Afrin and Shahba canton’s residents on a daily basis.

​​​​​​​21,000 citizens their lives are endangered in Tal-Rifaat, Shahba canton 
​​​​​​​21,000 citizens their lives are endangered in Tal-Rifaat, Shahba canton 
​​​​​​​21,000 citizens their lives are endangered in Tal-Rifaat, Shahba canton 
​​​​​​​21,000 citizens their lives are endangered in Tal-Rifaat, Shahba canton 
​​​​​​​21,000 citizens their lives are endangered in Tal-Rifaat, Shahba canton 
​​​​​​​21,000 citizens their lives are endangered in Tal-Rifaat, Shahba canton 
​​​​​​​21,000 citizens their lives are endangered in Tal-Rifaat, Shahba canton 
17 February, 2022   06:44
AL-SHAHBA, FERAS IBRAHIM, ALAN RASHID

Turkish occupation army and its mercenaries stationed in the occupied areas of Afrin, Azaz and Marea started bombing the centre of the Tel Rifaat district, which was shelled by more than 20 artillery shells, and by UAVs loaded with missiles from their bases there, over the past two days.

In the Turkish bombing, children Saipan Mustafa, aged 7, Ibrahim Mohammad Abdu (8), Newroz Mohammad (38), the mother of the child Ibrahim, Zilan Aref Qassim (7) and Faiq Ibrahim (50) were wounded. "

In this context, citizen Ahmed Suleiman, from IDPs of Afrin in Tel Rifaat district, said that the Turkish occupation bombed several neighborhoods in the center of Tel Rifaat district, which indicates that it targets citizens directly.

Suleiman explained that the Turkish occupation was trying to displace them from Tel Rifaat district, but that they were determined and steadfast in Tel Rifaat until Afrin was liberated and returned to it.

In his speech, Suleiman drew to the silence of the international community, asking international organizations and the international community, why do they stand in solidarity with all the children of the world and not with our children who are killed by the Turkish occupation army every day? You declared mourning for Ryan's baby in the well in Morocco, and you didn't see Afrin's children being killed every day.

The Deputy co-chair of the Tel Rifaat District Council, Ibrahim Rihani, referred to the Turkish occupation shelling of the center of Tal Rifaat district, which had been shelled by more than 20 missiles and which had lasted until the night hours, after returning the people from the demonstration denouncing the international conspiracy against leader Abdullah Ocalan.

Rihani explained that the UAVs targeted the center of Tal Rifaat, which is being shelled intermittently, to spread fear and panic to the citizens, in a bid to displace them.

For his part, the administrator at Avrin Hospital, Dr. Azad Rasho, said that the situation of the citizens who were injured as a result of the bombing of the Turkish occupation of Tel Rifaat district center, especially children, is stable.

Rasho pointed out that the 7-year-old girl, Zilan Aref Qassem, was taken to the hospitals of the city of Aleppo to receive treatment, due to the lack of medical equipment and the lack of medicines.

He explained that an operation was performed on the leg of the child Ibrahim Muhammad Abdo, 8 years old, who was injured in the left foot.

Dr. Azad Rasho noted that, according to international covenants, it is forbidden to target citizens' gatherings and displacement areas in the camps, adding that the siege of the Damascus Government impedes the work of Avrin Hospital in treating citizens and the wounded.

T/S

ANHA