Syria’s Autonomous Administration ‘ready to work with any Syrian national party’
QAMISHLI, Syria (North Press) – On Sunday, the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria called on all parties in Syria “to liberate themselves from dependence and work for what serves Syria and its people.”
The Autonomous Administration, through a statement published on its official website on Facebook, voiced its readiness to cooperate and work with any Syrian national party keen on achieving justice, democracy, and stability, and stressed the need for a solution in Syria in accordance with UN Resolution 2254.
The statement came on the occasion of the ninth anniversary of the 19 July Revolution.
On July 19, 2012, the Rojava Revolution began, as the Autonomous Administration calls it the July 19 Revolution, in which the security and military services of the Damascus government were expelled from northeastern Syria.
Then, civil institutions were established in the cities and towns of northeastern Syria, followed by the writing of the Social Contract for democratic federation in late 2013. In January 2014, the announcement of the establishment of the Autonomous Administration in Jazira canton was followed by the declaration of the Autonomous Administration in both Kobani and Afrin cantons.
At that time, seven autonomous and civil administrations were formed in those areas (Jazira, Afrin, Euphrates, Manbij and its countryside, Raqqa, Tabqa, Deir ez-Zor). In September 2018, the formation of the Autonomous Administration in northern and eastern Syria was announced.
In its statement, the Autonomous Administration demanded the United Nations and its relevant institutions to “deal with the reality of our regions as Syrian regions that are not isolated from the Mother Syria.”
About five million people live in the areas of the Autonomous Administration, and the imposed siege portends dire humanitarian consequences, according to the Autonomous Administration.
The regions of northeastern Syria are suffering from a difficult humanitarian situation in all respects, especially after the recent Turkish attacks on the cities of sere Kaniye and Tel Abyad in late 2019.
A year ago, Syria-Iraq Tel Kocher (Yaroubiyah) crossing, which is the only crossing through which UN aid may enter the AANES’s regions in Syria’s northeast, was closed by the United Nations Security Council decision under Russian-Chinese veto, limiting the entry of aid to Bab al-Hawa on the Turkish-Syrian border.
On 9/7/ 2021, the UN Security Council issued a decision to extend the mechanism of the entry of humanitarian aid through Bab al-Hawa border crossing with Turkey into northwest Syria in two stages, each lasting for six months, without adding any other crossings.
Khalid Ibrahim, Head of the Organizations Affairs Office in the Jazira region, said that the closure of Yaroubiyah crossing deprives the residents of northeast Syria of aid amounting to $26.8 million due to the suspension of support to many organizations working in the region.
The Autonomous Administration said that it will also continue to work until the liberation of all occupied areas of Afrin, Tel Abyad (Gere Spi) and Sere Kaniye (Ras al-Ain) and the return of all IDPs to their homes with dignity.