RONÎDA HACÎ

Hasakah- On December 2, 2024, the Turkish forces and Turkish-backed factions started attacking Tall Rifat, Shahba and Aleppo, displacing tens of thousands of people again, killing, inflicting violence and kidnapping many people. Then, the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria (AANES) declared a general mobilization in response to the attacks of Turkish-backed factions on Shahba/Afrin canton of North and East Syria. In Hasakah, a city in northeastern Syria, the Panorama roundabout has been designated as a reception center for displaced people.

Since December 2, 2,900 displaced families have arrived at the Panorama roundabout, according to the Committee for Resettlement of Displaced in Hasakah. The aim of the attacks is to commit massacres against the people of the region, said Zehra Semo, member of the committee. “A dirty plan has been carried out against the people of North and East Syria. Women and children are the most affected by the new displacement wave. Everyone must do their part to support the displaced people. People across Syria are moving to the safe places controlled by the AANES. We do our best to support the displaced people and our door is open to everyone.”

‘We need solidarity and unity’

Zehra Semo called on all citizens to support the displaced people as much as they can. “We live in a state of war. We need solidarity and unity to respond to this sensitive process in which a fight for existence and extinction is taking place. Even though the city of Hasakah suffers from many challenges such as water outages, it puts all its resources at the disposal of the displaced people. We thank everyone and believe that we will prevail with the unity of people.”

‘No one can stop our resistance’

Hela Hisêno, a girl displaced from Shahba to Hasakah, pointed to the education in mother tongue and said, “The enemy attacked and displaced us again. We have been displaced multiple times. We received education in our mother tongue in Afrin. However, we were displaced from there to Shahba. In Shahba, we also received education in our mother tongue. However, we were forced to leave our school in Shahba. We will build a new school to keep receiving education in our mother tongue. We will overcome all the challenges in order to return to our homeland, Afrin.”

Call for support

Reşîde Efrin, a displaced woman of Shahba, condemned the international silence against the recent attacks on North and East Syria. “People were killed, kidnapped and died from the cold until we arrived in Hasakah,” she told NuJINHA. “This is a crime against humanity. As Kurds, all we want is to have a free and peaceful life. We would have died from the cold if the Autonomous Administration (of North and East Syria) had not provided a safe place for us. I call on everyone to support the displaced people and be in solidarity with them.”