IDPs: Turkey, its mercenaries continue to commit relentless crimes

 The town of Çil Agha in Jazira Canton welcomed 82 displaced families from Shahba, following attacks by Turkish occupation mercenaries. The town council prepared the Martyr Hussein Ibrahim School as a temporary shelter for the displaced families.

 A reporter from ANHA agency interviewed several displaced individuals who shared accounts of the Turkish occupation’s brutality and their appeals for solidarity and perseverance in facing the occupiers.

 Shaykhmous Ezzat, a resident of the village of Basouta in occupied Afrin, was first displaced in 2018 to Shahba but later settled in Çil Agha after Turkish-backed mercenaries attacked Shahba. He stated:

"Our resistance in Afrin during 2018 lasted for 58 days despite relentless airstrikes by Turkish warplanes. We resisted in Shahba for seven years, enduring the hardships of displacement because of our unwavering hope to return to Afrin and expel the occupiers."

 Shaykhmous detailed their second displacement journey, recounting the horrors and crimes they witnessed. He said:

"On the road, we saw the bodies of civilians killed by the mercenaries. We also suffered verbal abuse and psychological torture."

 "In Tel Rifaat, mercenaries killed civilians and tied their bodies to vehicles, dragging them around the city square while declaring, ‘This is the fate of every Kurd,’ and shouting, ‘Leave this place; everything you own is now ours, " he added.

 Shaykhmous emphasized,"Their goal is to annihilate our people, but they will not succeed. We will continue to resist and fight for our return to Afrin. Afrin is our identity and our very existence. We will struggle to protect this identity and achieve our aspirations.''

 Abdul Aziz Kamiran, a displaced student who was studying at the Kurdish Language Institute, vowed to continue his education as a form of resistance and steadfastness against the mercenaries.

"Since the occupation of Afrin, we have been fighting to preserve our identity and our nationhood. We have sacrificed and endured much but have never surrendered or bowed to the savagery of the Turkish occupation and its mercenaries, who aim to obliterate our people and alter the demographics of our homeland," he said.

 Wafa Shaman also expressed that the Turkish occupying state targets their security and stability, opposing any prospect of peace for the Syrian people.

"We left in our vehicle, which broke down on the way. When the mercenaries intercepted us, we continued on foot until we reached the Tabqa region."

"These crimes will never be forgotten. We will continue resisting until we reclaim our rights and return to our land, homes, and livelihoods in Afrin, " Wafa Shaman concluded.

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