France to support SDF as long as ISIS, Turkey’s SNA exist in NE Syria
QAMISHLI, Syria (North Press) – Member of French Senate Laurence Cohen said on Sunday that since there are sleeper cells of Islamic State (ISIS) and Turkish-backed armed opposition factions, aka Syrian National Armey (SNA), France will increase its support for Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF).
Earlier on the day, a delegation from the French Parliament and Senate arrived to northeast Syria and discussed economic and development projects and enhancing cooperation with the General Council of the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria (AANES).
Cohen said, in a press conference in the Department of Foreign Relations in the city of Qamishli, northeast Syria, that France supports the SDF and it will work on providing more support locally and internationally since “ISIS still poses danger.”
Most importantly, the communities of the region must support each other despite attacks, she stressed.
The French Senator hailed the project of the AANES and its efforts to make peace in the region.
In turn, a member in the French Parliament from the Green and Environment Party, Marie Bouchon, said that France will always support the Kurds, but it has to provide more support through recognizing the AANES, working on finding a solution for the Syrian crisis, and re-building a new Syria.
“Europe must stand against Turkey, stop hypocrisy, liberate occupied areas and return those who were displaced from their own areas,” she stressed.
“We will try to solve the problem of cutting off water by Turkey and open a humanitarian crossing for northeast Syria,” she added.
Since 2019, Turkey and the SNA factions, have cut off water coming from its territory to Hasakah Governorate and its countryside, northeast Syria, 30 times.
Turkey’s cutoffs threaten about a million and a half people with a real disaster as cholera infections record a notable spike in the region.
Pierre Laurent, a member of the Senate representing the Communist Party, pledged that they would work in France to investigate the crimes of Turkey in the international arena.
“France must clearly condemn Turkey for its crimes, pressure to stop its hostile policies, return and protect the displaced from the occupied territories after Turkey’s withdrawal, and this must be urgent,” Laurent stressed.