​​​​​​​Turkish forces crimes against children in Ain Issa-Gire Spi

Since the Turkish onslaught against the Sere Kaniye and Gire Spi cantons on 9 October 2019, crimes are committed by the Turkish occupation army and its affiliated mercenary groups on daily bases.

According to the concerned bureau 31 children were martyred or injured by the Turkish occupation army and the affiliated mercenary groups as they were targeted directly or lost their lives by land mines.

The martyrs are nine children: Hatem Zaidan Misto, 7, Mustafa Saleh Ahmed, 17, Ahmed Ibrahim Rahim, 12, Mahmoud Himeidi Khalil, 13, Ziyad Zayed Khalaf, 12, Huda Zayed Khalaf, 9, Muna Zayed Khalaf, 7, Mustafa Saleh, 14, and Mohamed Ali Ahmed, 14.

While the injured are 22 children. They are:

'Ebid Khider Sarhan, 7, Mahmoud Zaydan Zaydan, 3, Udai Ismail Ahmed, 16, Mu'aied Ali Ahmed, 15, Mohamed Alki Ahmed, 16, Abdul Raheem Mohamed Hemed, 12, Emina Najeeb, 7, Sidra Zayed Khalaf, 1 year old, 'Udai Ismail, 15, Mustafa Adel Ahmed, 17, Aqeel Aziz Hisein, 16, Rashid Hesen Khalaf, 11, Beshir Zayed Hesen, 16, Raghad Ali, 15, Natil Taleb, 1 year old, Mahmoud Ali Mar'id, 17, Ghifran Mustafa Khalil, 15, 'Ebud Hemed Khalil, 12, Munir Khaled Hisein, 16, Khalaf Jasim Freij, 15, 'Awad Nawash 'Inizan, 14 and Maher Nawash 'Inizan, 10.

On the issue, Co-chair of the Child Protection Bureau in the Gire Spi Canton, Fadia Sherif, says ''with the continuation of shelling tens of cases were referred to our bureau of crimes committed against children by the Turkish shelling and its mercenaries and remnants of the war of its mortars shelled on the canton''.   

Fadia made it clear that most documented cases that were referred to their cases amount to war crimes, that claimed lives of tens of children as shrapnel caused sustained damages to some others''. 

Fadia ''called on the international community and the concerned humanitarian and legal associations to stop these crimes and to hold Turkey accountable for the crimes committed''.

On 24 March two injuries(Mohamed Khalil Hassan and Ayman Hesen Hassan, 12) were referred to the Martyr 'Alush Hospital due tio the Turkish shelling on the village of Khirbet Baydha in eastern Ain Issa on the strategically important Aleppo-Hasaka Highway known as the M4.

In addition to all of these crimes, some 5000 s/he pupils are deprived of schooling as schools are closed down due to the insecurity caused by the Turkish occupation force s and their affiliated mercenary groups.

Body of Training and Education say 23 schools on the frontlines are closed.  

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ANHA