​​​​​​​ People of Sheikh Maqsoud: Just as we resist mercenaries' shells, we to resist government siege

 Damascus government checkpoints have imposed a siege on the Sheikh Maqsoud and Ashrafieh neighborhoods in the city of Aleppo for nearly three years, preventing the basic materials into the two neighborhoods.

 The long-term siege imposed by the Damascus government has caused the loss of flour in Sheikh Maqsoud and Ashrafieh neighborhoods, which threatens to cause a humanitarian catastrophe that threatens the lives of 200 thousand people.

 In this regard, our agency conducted several meetings with the residents of the neighborhood to talk about the issue.

 We are Syrian

 Citizen Yasmine Edelbi of the Arab component, is living in the Sheikh Maqsoud neighborhood, points out that the siege imposed on the neighborhood causes them many problems in securing their living necessities. She pointed out that it is not the birth of today or yesterday, but rather has been going on for 3 years by the Damascus government.

 Yasmine described the residents of Sheikh Maqsoud neighborhood as the resistant people and said that during the Turkish occupation's attacks on the neighborhood in 2016, the people withstood the mercenaries who imposed the siege, fired missiles and committed war crimes. "We withstood all challenges and the result, we won."

 She continued in this context, "After the mercenary were defeated, the government imposed a siege on us three years ago. There is no flour, no vegetables, not even fuel in the neighborhood. We are Syrians and we have the right to demand that the government be held accountable for these actions it is committing against us."

 'We will not give in'

 As for Fairouz Haider, of the Kurdish component, she said that the resistance is the best response to the practices of the Damascus government, which is now fighting the people for their livelihood.

 Fayrouz also noted that cutting flour and bread will not cause their resolve to collapse, and indicated that they are now alert to those policies that will not work with the people of Sheikh Maqsoud neighborhood.

 She recalls a number of scenes that remained in her mind during the attacks on Sheikh Maqsoud neighborhood, saying, "Dozens of mercenary battalions attacked us and we did not give in. During those attacks and the imposition of the siege, the flour was cut off and everything, even the water, did not yield, and we will not acquiesce today in front of these practices."

 Fairouz also confirms that the organization that the people of the neighborhood showed enabled them to support the forces defending the neighborhood and to confront the obstacles.

 200 thousand people one hand

 Meanwhile, citizen Ibrahim Atallah of the Arab component said that they faced darker days than now during the attacks and the siege that was imposed years ago.

 Ibrahim stressed during his speech that they live within the idea of ​​brotherhood of peoples in every sense of the word, as the Kurds, Arabs and Christians are one hand in the face of these immoral methods.

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