In the Turkish war against Kurds, children continue to be the hardest hit by unprecedented destruction, displacement and death. They have lost lives, homes and childhoods.

TURKISH ARMY COMMITS A HORRIFIC MASSACRE AGAINST KURDS

The successive Turkish governments, with all its military forces and armed with the most modern weapons, have tried, for decades, to eliminate the Kurdish people, but to no avail. The war that has just started against the Kurds, which will soon expand under various pretexts, proves this point.

Afrin, which hosts thousands of refugees and IDPs who fled the terror of Al Nusra Front and ISIS, is now under heavy attack by the Turkish army. The Turkish President, Recep Tayyip Erdogan began his military operation, called the “Olive Branch” against the Kurds in Syria.

Turkey, which has long been the first and foremost supporter of Islamist opposition groups, especially Al Nusra Front and ISIS, has spared no effort to suppress the Kurds.

Kobani is still in memory as Turkey facilitated the entry of ISIS to Kobani for three years and gave it full support to carry out the most terrible massacres against innocent civilians. Following its failure in Kobani, Turkey has started to spread its hatred in Afrin in an attempt to get rid of the Kurds.

The resistance in Afrin is the resistance of the era, against the Turkish army, which acts on the orders . of the Justice and Development Party (AKP) and its leader Erdogan, the supporter of terrorism in  Syria. Erdogan took advantage of the situation in Idlib and used it as a bargaining chip with the Syrian regime and Russia. Now, Turkey uses F-16 to bomb Afrin.

Turkey’s aircrafts have killed the refugee children and IDPs who moved to Afrin seeking security and safety. Turkey also shelled the area of Jindires and committed a massacre against innocent civilians. Turkey is fighting the children and women of Afrin. The Turkish army has stepped up its brutality towards the peaceful people in Afrin, using all kinds of weapons in indiscriminate bombardment on our villages and cities. During the morning hours of 23/01/2018 many civilians were killed in Jindires, as a result of Turkish brutal attack on the city. This attack was not different from previous attacks on the city by Al Nusra Front and ISIS in the past.

While the Turkish state and its media claim that they do not target innocent civilians during their operation in Afrin, numerous media reports have shown photographic and video footages of the Turkish bombings and the killings of dozens of civilians, including a number of children.

The outcome of the Turkish aggression on Afrin until 27/01/2018 can be summarised:

86 civilians have been killed.

198 people have been wounded.

The wounded people during the first 4 days:

1. Ismail Al Hussain (9 years).
2. Fadi Al Hussain (10 years).
3. Abdelsatar Janko (28 years).
4. Mohamed Abdo Janko (27 years).
5. Ismail Mohamed Ibrahim (12 years).
6. Fadi Mohamed Abdo (10 years).
7. Hamid Batal (30 years).
8. Khaled Abdelqadir (46 years).
9. Hassan Ibrahim (2 years).
10. Hamida Ibrahim (3 years).
11. Faiza Bader Al Hassan (24 years).
12. Dariana Mohamed Saido.
13. Hiba Akram (13 years).
14. There is also an unknown civilian aged 30.

Only in two villages, Miriamin in the Shera area, Diwa in the Jindires area the total number of civilian casualties has risen to 9 martyrs, while the number of the wounded has risen to 26.

The military operation launched by the Turkish fascist regime against the civilian people in Afrin region continues for the tenth day in a row.

Names of the civilians killed:

Full Name	Age	Place of Martyrdom	Date of Martyrdom
Yahya Ahmed Hamada	11	Trenda – IDP from Aleppo	20/01/2018
Rahaf Al Hussain	33	Jilbera – Al Madjina massacre	21/01/2018
Wael Al Hussain	1	Jilbera – Al Madjina massacre	21/01/2018
Hadil Al Hussain	10	Jilbera – Al Madjina massacre	21/01/2018
Ghaliya Al Hussain	8	Jilbera – Al Madjina massacre	21/01/2018
Salama Al Hussain	6	Jilbera – Al Madjina massacre	21/01/2018
Mousab Al Hussain	6	Jilbera – Al Madjina massacre	21/01/2018
Ahmed Al Hussian	17	Jilbera – Al Madjina massacre	21/01/2018
Unknown	30	Jilbera – Al Madjina massacre	21/01/2018
Mohamed Khalil Bakir	10	Altanio - Rajo	22/01/2018
Unknown (disabled)	35	Adamo - Adamo	22/01/2018
Sawsan Jamil	35	Tel Salawr	22/01/2018
Almaza Sheikh Horo	50	Jindiris	23/01/2018
Unknown child	14	Jindiris	23/01/2018
Unknown	19	Jindiris	23/01/2018
Unknown woman	55	Jindiris	23/01/2018
Kanjo Kanjo	60	Majblet Trenda	20/01/2018

 

Names of the wounded civilians:

Full Name and Age	Place	Diagnosis	Date
Ahmed Sabri Kandi - 45	Hamam	Spinal injury.	23/01/2018
Asia Sheikh Murad - 70	Sheia	Head injury.	23/01/2018
Rasheed Daowd Isso  71	Belbel	Face, back and abdomen injuries.	23/01/2018
Zayneb Hamkalino – 40	Ma’amel Aoshagi	Accident. Hit by a shell.	23/01/2018
Hussain Hassan Hamkalino  - 16	Ma’amel Aoshagi	Accident. Hit by a shell.	23/01/2018
Farida Koleen - 56	Sheia	Shell fragment in the abdomen.	23/01/2018
Hassan Hussain Mohamed - 59	Jindiris	Face injury.	23/01/2018
Mohamed Rasheed Hassan - 40	Jindiris	Neck and abdomen injury.	23/01/2018
Moustafa Abou Hamo - 12	Jindiris	Lower limb injury.	23/01/2018
Basema Mohamed Ba’ajo - 32	Jindiris	Lower limb injury.	23/01/2018
Aya Nabo - 7	Jindiris	Abdominal injury.	23/01/2018
Jankiz Ahmed Khalil - 20	Maydan Akbes	Abdominal injury.	23/01/2018
Shamsa Mousa - 75	Rajo	Multiple fractions.	23/01/2018
Waleed Kons - 18	Rajo	Arrived dead.	23/01/2018
Hanifa Kons - 35	Rajo	Left foot injury.	23/01/2018
Mustafa Mohamed Khalof - 12	Jandiris	Lower limb injury.	23/01/2018
Ibrahim Mohamed Al Hussain - 35	Mariamin	Limbs injury.	21/01/2018
Bader Al Hussain – 24	Mariamin	Spinal injury.	21/01/2018
Hamida Ibrahim Al Hussain - 3	Mariamin	Head injury.	21/01/2018
Hassan Ibrahim Al Hassan - 2	Mariamin	Head injury.	21/01/2018
Khaled Mohamed Ali Abdelqadir - 46	Mariamin	Back of head injury.	21/01/2018
Hamid Battal - 30	Faqeero	Head and face injuries.	21/01/2018
Unknown	Matahan Al Faisal	Facial fracture, right frontal fracture and right leg fracture.	21/01/2018
Fadi Mohamed Aid - 10	Mariamin	Head and thigh injury.	21/01/2018
Ismaeel Mohamed Ibrahim - 12	Mariamin	Pelvis injury.	21/01/2018
Jumaa Mohamed Al Hussain - 17	Mariamin		21/01/2018
Kefah Al Moussa Al A’amer - 20	Mariamin	Broken ribs.	21/01/2018
Unknown - 2	Ain Al Hajer	Eye injury and facial burn	21/01/2018
Heba Akram Othman – 13	Aadamo	Arm injury	21/01/2018
Darian Mohamed Saydo - 19	Aadamo	Chest and ankle injury	21/01/2018
Mohamed Abdo Kanjo - 27	Kafar Hamra	Bruises.	21/01/2018
Abdelqadir Kanjo - 28	Kafar Hamra	Bruises.	21/01/2018
Fahed Ahmed Al Ahmad - 39	Trenda Idlib	Leg injury	20/01/2018
Kanjo Kanjo Al Ali - 60		Dead- head injury	20/01/2018
Yahya Ahmed Hamada - 9	Trenda (Aleppo)	Dead – open abdomen.	20/01/2018
Khaled Hamada - 11	Trenda (Aleppo)	Open abdomen.	20/01/2018
Hamada Mohamed Ali - 32	Bashmara	Back and shoulder injuries.	20/01/2018
A’amar Al Barj - 19		Spinal injury	20/01/2018
Za’aeem Osso – 19		Back of ear injury	20/01/2018
Ibrahim Khalil - 45		Leg injury	20/01/2018

 

ARMENIANS AND ARABS ARE ALSO TARGETED

An Armenian family that fled the massacres of exterminating the Armenians by the Turks 100 years ago and found security and stability in Afrin canton was attacked by the Turkish military that followed them even in Afrin to be the victims of the bombing of the Turkish warplanes in the centre of Rajo district.

On January 24 at night, the Turkish occupation’s warplanes bombed Rajo area, and killed a young man, named Rosher Konis, and injured his mother Shamsa Konis who is 57, while his sister Hanifa Konis, 25, her leg was amputated. They are an Armenian family.

The family’s relative, Hartyon Kivork said, “Their ancestors fled the oppression of the Turkish authorities nearly 100 years ago as a result of the massacres committed by the Turks against the Armenians so that they headed towards Afrin to live in peace among their Kurdish brothers and all other peoples and sects living in the area.”

Hartyon Kivork added, “But the Turkish occupation army has resumed its massacres which do not differentiate between people and stones to commit new massacres against all peoples in Afrin to leave our Armenian family as a victim of the Turkish crimes again while we used to live in harmony in our homes to be attacked again by the Turkish state.”

The Turkish army also committed a horrific massacre in Haj Khalil village after targeting the village on 28/01/2018. Dozens of civilians have been killed and many others have been wounded. Similarly, a Turkish warplane targeted Balbala area in the morning (28/01/2018), killing and injuring dozens of innocent civilians.

TURKISH CRIMES AGAINST CULTURAL HERITAGE

Turkey not satisfied with killing civilians on a day basis, they have now started erasing what is left of the history of ancient populations in Rojava. Turkey is committing crimes against cultural heritage- Ain Dara Hittite temple complex.

Even mosques have been bombed by the Turkish army.

After the First World War between 1919 and 1920, the Turkish authorities committed genocide and massacres against the Armenian people, and forcibly deported them from their lands.

Today they are committing the same against the Kurds.

Images from the war crimes of the Turkish state in Afrin can be found at:

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1pW8L_UyXt_f8jw3iNHKm3lWAGAPxUVdV?usp=sharing

Videos:

https://youtu.be/1i8RhX2Y5fs  - Civilian Victims in Afrin

https://youtu.be/sxi0jhOKmKY  - Refugees in Afrin

https://youtu.be/_9izLApDhGI  - Heritage destroyed in Afrin