Women organizations condemn Turkish escalation in NE Syria
RAQQA, Syria (North Press) – Women organizations in Raqqa Governorate, northern Syria, protested and condemned on Saturday the recent Turkish escalation in northeast Syria. Women denounced targeting dams, economic facilities, and infrastructure by Turkey.
They concluded the demonstration with a statement expressing the condemnation and strong rejection of the brutal attacks and flagrant violations by the Turkish aggression.
On Oct. 5, the Turkish army launched drone strikes on infrastructure facilities in several areas of north and northeast Syria that is run by the AANES. The strikes took place following a statement by Turkey’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Hakan Fidan, in which he threatened to strike a broader range of targets in Syria and Iraq in retaliation for the Ankara attack.
On Oct. 1, two individuals carried out a bomb attack in front of the building of the Ministry of Interior in Turkey’s Ankara injuring two police officers.
On Oct. 4, Fidan claimed that the two attackers had been trained in Syria. “From now on, all infrastructure, large facilities and energy facilities belonging to (armed Kurdish groups) in Iraq and Syria are legitimate targets for our security forces,” he threatened.
The organizations appealed to the international community, the UN, and the European Union to fulfill their duties and responsibilities regarding the ongoing attacks in the region, which contradict principles and human rights according to all international standards and conventions, according to the statement.
They also called on the US-led Global Coalition and the guarantor states to take serious and decisive stances against these hostile attacks and to impose an aerial embargo on the areas in northeast Syria, as well as to “expel the Turkish occupier from all Syrian territories.”