Kobani residents call for end to month-long siege amid humanitarian strain
KOBANI, Syria (North Press) – The Kurdish Autonomous Administration in Kobani on Wednesday called for the lifting of the siege imposed on the city for over a month by the Syrian transitional government, warning that delivering humanitarian aid without ending the blockade does not provide a lasting solution to the crisis.
“Delivering aid without ending the siege does not constitute a permanent solution to the difficult humanitarian situation facing the region,” the administration said in a statement.
The statement added that for 37 consecutive days, government forces have maintained a siege on Kobani, coinciding with the displacement of tens of thousands of residents from Raqqa, Tabqa, and the Kobani countryside into the city center.
The influx of displaced persons has intensified humanitarian pressures, leading to deteriorating living conditions.
During the initial weeks of the siege, several humanitarian organizations, in coordination with the United Nations, sent three aid convoys to Kobani, alongside two convoys from the Syrian Red Crescent.
The organizations, working with Kobani’s Social Affairs and Labor Board and the Office of Humanitarian Organizations, distributed aid to displaced families across the city’s shelters.
The administration called for urgent international attention to lift the siege completely and provide sustained humanitarian support to alleviate the growing pressures on Kobani’s population.