Meclisa Sûriya Demokratîk (MSD-Syrian Democratic Council) released a statement on Turkey's threats against Rojava's Efrîn Canton, in which it condemned the practices of the Turkish state and called on the Arab and international community to put pressure on the Turkish state.

The MSD statement is as follows;

“Together with the international coalition, SDF forces are clearing Syrian lands of terror and making history in the Raqqa city which ISIS declared its capital. The Turkish state, unable to achieve its goals, is waging a war through media. In addition, it is dispatching weapons to Mari and Azaz, massacring civilians, shelling villages and displacing the local people.

With its attacks on Efrîn Canton and Shehba region, the Turkish state threatens to invade the areas that serve as a safe harbour for thousands of refugees, and seeks to deal a blow on the Northern Syria Democratic Federation Project.

We warn that a military intervention by the Turkish state will mean a general mobilization and declaration of war, and we state that this will not be for the benefit of the region's peoples. As Syrian people we will build new relations and strengthen our friendship with the people of Turkey.

We strongly condemn the Turkish state's and army's intervention on Syrian lands, and we call on the Arab community and the international community- the US, Russia and the European Union states in the first place-to put pressure on the Turkish state.”