Syrian government siege of Shahba complements Turkish attacks: AANES
HASAKAH, Syria (North Press) – “TheSyrian government’s siege of Shahba is a complement to Turkish attacks and bombardments that aim to separate IDPs from their lands,” an official in the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria (AANES) said on Monday.
The areas of north Aleppo countryside administrated by the AANES are known as Shahba, where about 100,000 IDPs from Afrin are living.
Security checkpoints of the Damascus government near the city of Manbij, north Syria, banned fuel and supplies for Afrin IDPs from reaching them for more than two months.
The Executive Council of AANES of Afrin Region’s co-chair Shiraz Hamo accused the Damascus government of destroying the experience of the Autonomous Administration in the area through imposing the siege.
“The Syrian regime doubled its tyranny and did not change, despite what happened in Syria,” she added in a phone call with North Press.
The official held the Damascus government responsible for the state of affairs in the country that has been witnessing war for a decade.
Meanwhile, the area has been witnessing almost daily shelling by Turkish troops and Turkish-backed armed opposition groups, killing and wounding dozens of Afrin’s IDPs and civilians in the northern Aleppo countryside.
“Syria and Turkey are exchanging roles, targeting AANES under Russian sponsorship,” General Secretary of the Kurdish Left Party in Syria Mohammad Mosa told North Press last week.
The President of the Executive Committee of the Syrian Democratic Council (SDC), Ilham Ahmed, said in a symposium in the city of Aleppo on Monday, that they do not rule out a security dialogue between the Syrian government and Turkey.
Ahmed indicated that the Syrian government imposed a siege on Afrin’s IDPs in the northern countryside of Aleppo (Shahba), adding that “this policy serves the Turkish regime.”