14/3/2018 [Statement] Recent Attacks on Civil Solidarity Convoy to Afrin by IC Afrin Resistance – Information Center of Afrin Resistance

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[Statement] Recent Attacks on Civil Solidarity

Convoy to Afrin by IC Afrin Resistance

Date: 23 febrero, 2018 Author: icafrin 6 Comentarios

Recent Attacks on Civil Solidarity Convoy to Afrin

To the media and the public opinion

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IC Afrin Resistance strongly condemns the atrocity of the Turkish army on the solidarity
convoy of hundreds of civilians towards the Kurdish town Afrin in Northern Syria.
Yesterday night at around 19:30, Turkish army forces targeted the civilian convoy near the
mountainous region Cebel Ahlam in the Sherawa district when it was heading towards
Afrin city. Also members of our Information Centre were among the civilians that were
exposed to the a acks.

Due to heavy artillery shelling at least one Arab civilian, Salim Xilef (27) was killed and
more than 14 civilians were injured. Dozens of minibuses, coaches and cars were targeted
and destroyed during the a ack. The actual number of casualties still could not be clarified.
The a acked civilians report that during the first strikes over 35 grenades were fired at the
middle of the convoy. At the same time the region was constantly surveyed by drones and
the nearby village Meremin was bombed by Turkish air-forces. The participants of the
convoy were exposed to non-stop shelling that for long hours and still continued while
trying to evacuate the injured civilians and bring them to hospitals in Afrin city and
Aleppo. The names of the injured that could be identified so far and are under medical
treatment are: Baqî Xelîl (24), Reşîd Hisên Mihemed (22), Wensa Umer Şawîş (58), Xêrî Coqî
Şengal (23), Rende Hisên Celal (20), Ekrem Bedran Biro (21), Rocvan (21), Xalid Tewfîq Elî
(45), Mihemed Xalid Yeqûb (60), Mihemed Şêx Nebî, Xalid Xelîl and Merwan.

We condemn this war crime and reject the hypocrisy of the Turkish state’s media stating
that the Turkish army would have targeted a “military convoy”. Since drones were
intensively monitoring the convoy for hours on its way from Aleppo to Afrin this a ack
has not been carried out “accidentally” but on purpose. The aim of this atrocity was to
target the unity and solidarity of the people of Northern Syria with the resistance in Afrin
against the Turkish invasion and aggression war.

Furthermore the solidarity convoy with women, men, elderly people and children of
different religious and national backgrounds from different towns of the Cantons Cizire,
Kobane, Manbij, Tabqa and Raqqa participating has been openly announced and was
followed by the media since its departure from Qamishlo on 21 February 2018. It was the
forth civilian convoy that headed to Afrin to support the people of Afrin who have been
exposed to bombing, shelling and other war-crimes of the Turkish army and their jihadist
proxy forces since 20 January. According to figures published by Afrin Health Council due
to Turkish a acks until 20 February, 176 civilians were killed and 484 got injured. Against
this illegal war of the Turkish army the people in Afrin, Northern Syria and in different
countries of the world have carried out hundreds of protests. Also by the means of this
solidarity convoy they have been calling upon the international community and relevant
bodies to take urgent action for a political, peaceful solution. But unfortunately up to now
no adequate steps have been taken to prevent further human losses and war-crimes by the
Turkish state.

While efforts of civil society for conflict solution and peace have always been followed with
great interest by the media and state a acks on these efforts have been strongly condemned
by different stakeholders. We can mention for example the a acks of Israeli army on the
“Ship to Gaza” solidarity convoy in 2010. Against this background as IC Afrin Resistance
we question why neither international organisations nor the media seem to show the same
a ention towards the a acks on the solidarity convoy to Afrin and the ongoing a acks on
the population of Afrin and their live resources.

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Video about the travel of the civilian convoy and the bombing of the
Turkish army

From Kobane to Afrin under the bombs of Tukish army …

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