Protesters in Al-Shahba demand Damascus govt to end the siege

Thousands of Afrin residents gathered on the main road heading towards the city of Aleppo, in the Al-Shahba district, to demonstrate against the policy of the Damascus government, and its arbitrary measures to tighten the noose around the people in Al-Shahba canton, Sheikh Maqsoud neighborhoods and Al-Ashrafiyah in the city of Aleppo.

Fourth Division's checkpoints has imposed a stifling siege on al-Shahba canton, which has been sheltering thousands of Afrin's displaced, for more than four years.

The member of the Afrin District Council, Laila Haftaru read the statement in Kurdish and Arabic which stated:

Despite the passage of 11 years since the Syrian crisis, the Syrian regime is still insisting on a security solution and continuing to follow the policy of siege, with the intent of starving civilians of all components, which it has pursued since the beginning of the crisis in various fields.

The statement also demanded from the Damascus government the following:

1- Lifting the siege on Sheikh Maqsoud and Ashrafieh neighborhoods in Aleppo and Al-Shahba areas.

2- Allowing people, food and medicine to enter the besieged neighborhoods.

3- Removing Fourth Division's checkpoints from all roads leading to Sheikh Maqsoud, Ashrafieh and al-Shahba.

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ANHA