RONÎDA HACÎ

Hasakah- On Sunday, the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria (AANES) declared a general mobilization in response to the ongoing attacks in northeastern Syria.

Kurdish, Arab and Syriac women in Hasakah vow to protect the gains of the revolution in Rojava led by women.

‘We must protect our gains’

“It’s time to exist or disappear,” said Rojîn Elî, a Kurdish woman of Hasakah. “Since the beginning of the Syrian war, we have resisted, fought and made great efforts in the region. Thanks to the revolution, we have achieved phenomenal successes. The recent attacks on Shahba, Aleppo and Sheikh Maqsoud are the attacks against the will of people. Although we have been going through a very sensitive process, we must protect our gains because this process is also a process of existence.”

 Rojîn Elî criticized the international silence against the attacks. “Civilians are killed, injured and displaced. We condemn the international silence against the attacks. We vow to resist the attacks to the end.”

‘We will always support the SDF’

Newal Selûm, a Syriac woman of Hasakah, thinks that the recent attacks on the region started because the Syrian government refused the call of the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria (AANES) for a dialogue. “The Autonomous Administration (of North and East Syria) has always called on the Damascus (Syrian) government for a dialogue; however, the Syrian regime has refused the calls because it pursues its own interests. Due to the Damascus government, the people have been subjected to genocidal attacks, displacement and siege. As the people of the region, we must unite to defend our lands and ourselves. We will always support the SDF (Syrian Democratic Forces).”

Xezna Ebûd, an Arab woman of Hasakah, describes the recent attacks as a “genocide”. “The attacks target the existence and identity of the people in the region,” she emphasized, saying: “The Turkish-backed factions aim to divide Syria by attacking Shahba, Aleppo and Sheikh Maqsoud and to destroy women’s achievements. Therefore, all women must rise up against the attacks and defend themselves and their lands.”