Kurdish parties in Kobani: Do your duty towards Afrin so that the scenario of Kobani not to be repeated in it.

A joint statement issued by five Kurdish parties, two days ago, condemning the Turkish threats against Afrin region, describing Turkey as It ” eases the burden on Daesh (ISIS)” by doing so.

Each of the following parties: (The Kurdish Democratic Unity in Syria (yekiti), the Kurdish Democratic Progressive Party in Syria, the Democratic Union Party, the Kurdish Left Party in Syria and the Kurdish Democratic Party) have condemned, in a joint statement issued in Kobani, the “aggression and excesses of the Turkish state and the military escalation on the border of Afrin”. Stressing that: “Afrin city have been resisting the blockade imposed on it since years and was able to embrace thousands of displaced from conflict zones and provided them with security and stability,” describing it as” the canton of tolerance and coexistence”.

The statement also included : “In the meantime, the Turkish state is committing abuses and violations against people in Afrin, such as killing civilians, uprooting trees, manipulating water level of the Euphrates river or even cutting it off.”

The Kurdish parties have mentioned that the reasons behind the Turkish threatens against Afrin city is to “reduce the burden on ISIS” besieged by the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) in Raqqa city.”

The statement also appealed to the International Organizations and the international coalition led by the US and Russia, to take the necessary measures to stop this aggression, and called on the Kurdish parties as well to do their duty towards Afrin so that the scenario of Kobani not to be repeated in it.”

The joint statement described northern Syria as a : “liberated zone of a successful political project that could expand throughout Syria.”

Translated by: Hevin Osman

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