Recalling March 12 uprising victims in Syria’s south Hasakah
AL-SHADDADI, Syria (North Press) – On Wednesday, the Civil Council of the town of al-Shaddadi, south Hasakah, issued a statement to the public opinion, in which it recalled the victims of the March 12, 2004 uprising when Syrian government forces killed more than 30 people in the city of Qamishli.
“Today, through a statement to the public opinion, we recalled the victims of March 12, 2004 uprising, when the government forces killed many Kurdish people,” al-Shaddadi Civil Council co-chair, Amin Darwish said.
“The Syrian government tried in all possible means, to sow sedition between all communities, especially between Kurds and Arabs; however, all were foiled, he added.
“People in north and east Syria are living under the shade of brotherhood of peoples and there is no distinction between the communities that have coexisted here for thousands of years,” he noted.
March 12 marks the 17th anniversary of the Qamishli uprising, which broke out in 2004, where the Syrian intelligence killed more than thirty people.
Observers believe that the Kurds uprising that erupted in Qamishli and extended to Amuda, Derbasiya, Sere Kaniye, Tirbespiye, Jil Agha, Rimelan, Girke Lege, and Kurdish majority areas in Aleppo and Damascus has been a spark for a revolution against the tyrannical regime in Damascus.
At the same time, the uprising came as a rejection of chauvinism plans that sought to sow discord between the Kurds and Arabs, and was not merely “events” as the regime officials and its media called.