The people of Afrin are suffering in terror and the world does nothing.
Turkey's offensive named "Olive Branch Operation" enters it's 7th day today against Afrin (also known as Êfrin), canton held by a coalition of mainly Kurdish and Arab democratic forces (SDF). According to the latest estimates from the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) 2 days ago, Turkish bombardements had left at least 31 civilians dead, 8 of whom were children and 4 women. Local sources reported yesterday 34 dead among civilians including 10 children and 8 women (warning graphic content if you click on the link, maybe I should have posted them here...). Many more have been badly injured, many of which will die or suffer without proper treatment and medication as Afrin is indeed surrounded and the humanitarian aid is very slim.
Macer Gifford, a British ex-volunteer-ypg fighter said the following in an interview with Al Jazeera :
Myself and all the international volunteers condemn this action by Turkey. The attack on Afrin is an absolute tragedy. Hundreds of thousands of Arabs, Kurds, Christians and yezidis have fled to the Afrin canton for shelter. It's a safe space for everybody! Turkey is only there because it's conflating the problems in Syria with it's own internal problems. It is waging a war against the biggest enemy of the Islamic State. The YPG has just defeated the Islamic State in Raqqa, it has liberated more territory than all the other forces against Isis combined. And they are generally progressive and democratic, they are Kurds liberating themselves and fighting for democracy. So I think the international community needs to come together, condemn this action by Turkey and start working towards a peaceful settlement to the syrian crisis.
May your voice be heard Macer Gifford, by the international community and more importantly by the humanitarian of this Earth.
The Kurds fought and defeated Daesh on behalf of the people of France, of the people of the United States, of the people of Germany, on behalf of humanity... Now, Turkey has to invade a country and get it's hands dirty to do what it's proxy army Daesh couldn't, slaughter and weaken the Kurds. This is the thanks and recognition the Kurds get, indifference and silence from the international community and allies like the US and Russia. This is what I would call "legal state terrorism" on a large scale. Turkey is killing and terrorizing a whole nation, and the sole reason is ethnicity. This is a war crime against humanity and the UN knows this. Have no doubts, what is happening now is exactly the same as what happened 80 years ago, the only difference is Hitler is a Nato ally.
Eventually, I'm sure injustice and discrimination wouldn't remain unpunished. Mark my words, Turkey and especially Erdogan will receive the full wrath of Karma.
No matter the technological and numerical superiority of Turkey; the people of Afrin, Kurdistan and the humanitarians of this Earth will not back down.
For the french version click of this article here
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