As Syrian people in general, and Kurds in particular, are going through a violent proxy war, the cost of this conflict is taking its toll on the population.

The Syrian Kurdish region is suffering most severely due to an imposed double blockade of both the Assad regime and the armed opposition. People in the Kurdish regions are suffering through becoming isolated in a crippling siege, which is threatening to become a severe humanitarian disaster. Hard winter conditions are made worse by a shortage of food, medicine, fuel for heating, transport and electrical generators essential for the operation of hospitals and medical centres. This situation is threatening people’s lives due to the spread of disease and lack of medical aids. Despite this the Kurdish regions have been excluded from international humanitarian aid, even though they have hosted hundreds of thousands of refugees and displaced people from all the towns and cities affected by the Syrian war.

The Kurdish Red Cross+Crescent, a humanitarian relief organisation established in the Syrian Kurdish region to support people in need, is launching a campaign to support the Kurdish region and its people.

It is known that Selafist armed mercenaries affiliated to terrorist groups, Turkey and others regional powers committed the recent brutal attack targeting civilians in Sere Kaniye (Ras al Ain) on 16 January 2013. They aimed at destabilising the relatively peaceful Kurdish region and dragging them into a violent civil war, making the Kurdish region a violent proxy war zone. To add to the horror they targeted civilians killing them indiscriminately and raising their homes to the ground with shelling, any that were left were looted and thousands have been forcibly displaced attempting to escape the atrocities.

The campaign will be launched in London on February 3.