Salih Êzdin Xelo, a member of the Shengal Democratic Autonomous Council and co-chair of the Council of Duholê, said that the attacks do not scare them and the resistance would grow even more.

Interviewed by ANF, Êzdin Xelo pointed out that the attacks on Shengal are carried out through a partnership of Turkey, the KDP and Iraq, and underlined Iraq’s complicity and KDP's culpability.

Xelo asked questions to the KDP: "Why aren't they negotiating for Kirkuk? We have neither oil, gold nor iron. These are in Kirkuk. Why did you leave Kirkuk and run away? Why did not you reclaim the referendum and why did you leave? "

Xelo stated that the KDP said ‘we will protect you, we will not allow these areas to be occupied’ on August 3, 2014, but on the contrary, it prevents the resistance. Xelo continued:

“Shengal became face to face with genocide because of you. Europe and the USA gave arms to protect the Yazidis. You gave them to your gangs before they reached the Yazidis. Why on earth are you coming to Shengal today? You left Shengal in 1972 and took all the weapons of the Yazidis. Today we stand on our own feet, we know how to resist, how to defend ourselves. We built our position, we also have weapons. We have YBŞ, YJŞ forces. We have a people's defense force, we have security, we protect our own region. But you want to meddle in again. We do not accept this. We will fight to the last drop of blood. We will resist even if we pay a great price. Everyone should know that; aircrafts attacking us come from South Kurdistan, not from Turkey”.

Hemşê Reşid said; “We are not afraid of Erdoğan's jets. We condemn his attacks”. Stating that children of Êzidxan [Yazidi land] are defending their land, Reşid added; “Even if they attack our children, we will continue our resistance. We are not afraid of their jets. As their jets attack Shengal, we will strengthen our organization.”