Shehba Region Revolutionary Forces General Commander Hac Ehmed spoke on the Turkish army’s and their gangs’ attacks on the Shehba region and said the goal of these attacks were to prevent the peoples of Northern Syria from coming together and to change the demographic structure of the region.

Hac Ehmed said Jabhat Al Nusra and ISIS and other gang groups are supported by the Turkish state, and that the Kefer village and Qebasîn town with mostly Kurdish populations were surrounded, the civilians living there were forced to move, the gangs settled in their supporters and thus the Turkish state wanted to expand the area under their occupation.

Hac Ehmed said the Turkish army evacuated 70 Kurdish villages in al-Bab and continued: “After the gangs allied with the Turkish state invaded the villages of Qebasîn, Raî, Jarablus and Azaz, they settled in their supporters under various pretenses.”

Hac Ehmed said the following on the goal of the Shehba: “The Turkish army’s attacks on the liberated areas in the Shehba region continue. The Turkish state wants to pit the peoples of the region against each other, remove the Kurds from the region and change the cultural structure. And they are looking to sever the connection between Kobanê and Efrîn cantons.”

Hac Ehmed stated that the international silence allowed the Turkish state’s invasion of Northern Syria, their destruction and their demography changes and continued: “As the Revolutionary Forces, we will resist the Turkish state invasion on every front and we will liberate all areas.”

Shehba Region Revolutionary Forces General Commander Hac Ehmed concluded by saying they will continue their struggle until they liberate all areas of Shehba from the Turkish state and their gangs.