BEYDA OSMAN

Kobanê – Since October 5, the Turkish state has been carrying out attacks on North and East Syria, killing 47 people, including two children, and injuring many people.  In an interview with NuJINHA, Mizgin Xelîl, Deputy Chair of the Executive Council in the Euphrates Region, commented on the ongoing Turkish attacks on North and East Syria.

‘The system has been targeted’

Mizgîn Xelîl emphasized that the Turkish attacks aim to destroy the gains of North and East Syrian people, “However, the will of the people cannot be defeated.” Mentioning the international silence against the Turkish attacks on the region, she said:

“Everyone just watches while the Turkish state openly carries out its brutal attacks once again. These are not the first attacks of the Turkish state; it previously attacked the Kurdish people by using ISIS. Turkey’s Minister of Interior made a speech and said that they would target the infrastructure of the region. The system based on democracy in North and East Syria has been targeted. The Turkish state has revealed its true colors after the defeat of ISIS.”

‘Five million people live here’

Recalling the occupation of Girê Spî (Tell Abyad) and Serêkaniyê (Ras al-Ayn) by the Turkish state and Turkish-backed factions, she said, “They occupied Girê Spî and Serêkanîyê in October 2019. They began to attack the region in October again. The Turkish attacks have been targeting civilian settlements and vehicles, electric power stations, gas stations, water resources and energy supplies, oil fields, health centers, hospitals, schools and oil fields. Five million people live here. The people of North and East Syria have been displaced.”

‘The Turkish state cannot break the will of the people’

In her speech, Mizgîn Xelîl said again that the aim of the Turkish attacks is to destroy the democratic system built by the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria (AANES). “During the protests in Sweida, people have demanded a democratic system like the system of the AANES. Erdoğan wants to destroy the system of the AANES. This system is a system that has created itself from nothing for 12 years, despite all kinds of difficulties. 11,000 people were martyred and 24,000 were injured for this revolution. The Turkish state cannot break the will of the people, who have lost so many people.”

‘Such attacks will definitely fail’

Mizgîn Xelîl emphasized that the people of North and East Syria do not leave their homelands although the Turkish attacks have targeted their life sources. “On the contrary, the people resist more. They hold marches, release statements and resist the Turkish attacks. For this reason, such attacks will definitely fail. The people will prevail.”