IDPs condemn international silence towards Turkish attacks on NE Syria

Statement of IDPs of Washokani camp in the countryside of Hasakah Governorate, northeast Syria - North Press
Statement of IDPs of Washokani camp in the countryside of Hasakah Governorate, northeast Syria - North Press

HASAKAH, Syria (North Press) – IDPs from Sere Kaniye (Ras al-Ain), northeast Syria, condemned on Saturday the position of Washington and Moscow towards the Turkish escalation on northeast Syria and considered that Ankara would not dare to commit these violations without their consent.

The IDPs in Washokani camp in the countryside of Hasakah Governorate, northeast Syria, condemned the Turkish escalation.

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 Turkish state seeks to destroy the infrastructure of the areas in northern and eastern Syria,” according to the statement.

The IDPs urged the United States and Russia to fulfill their responsibilities and not to allow Turkey to export its internal crisis to its neighboring country.