The first ever Shengal Municipality Conference started today at 10:00 in Xanesor, Shengal. 200 delegates and administrators as well as members of the public attended the conference held at the conference hall on Lalesh Square.

Photographs of Ezidxan martyrs and Mam Zeki as well as a banner that read “Ev konferans diyariye ji bo Mam Zekî Shengalî” were put up in the hall.

“THIS WILL BE THE BEGINNING OF OUR EFFORTS IN SHENGAL”

Shengal Democratic Autonomous Assembly Co-chair Hisen Heci gave the opening speech and said, “This conference will be the beginning of our efforts in Shengal.” Heci pointed to the development in Shengal since the genocide and the dirty politics by forces that can’t tolerate the developments.

THE CLOSING OF THE GATE PROTESTED

Heci protested the Iraqi central government closing the gate between Shengal and the Northern and Eastern Syrian Federation and said: “We liberated these lands with the blood of our martyrs. When certain people fled instantly at the time of the attacks, the youth of Shengal made themselves into shields to defend these lands and were martyred. The children of this people, our children who defeated ISIS, are prevented from taking the prisoners of ISIS back home by ditches dug on their path. The border gate is important for the people of Shengal.”