Cizire Region Clans: We are ready for both peace and resistance

The Cizire Region Tribes and Clans Workshop in Qamishlo stressed that Turkish invasion will not be allowed and gave the message; “We are on the side of peace but we will resist if attacked”.

North and East Syrian Opinion Leaders Committee is organizing Cizire Region Tribes and Clans Workshop in Qamishlo city.

The workshop is held under the motto “No to Turkey’s Threats against Northern Syria, Yes to a Safe Syria” and is participated by 500 representatives from Arab, Kurdish, Syriac, Assyrian and Armenian clans.

Representatives of Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria, politicians, intellectuals, religious leaders and Iraqi opinion leaders are also participating in the workshop.

A huge banner reading “We insist on resistance against all threats, we side with peace, we stand with the SDF” was hung in the Zana Conference Hall where the workshop is taking place.

“TURKEY CANNOT DESTROY OUR ACHIEVEMENTS”

Making the opening speech, Opinion Leaders Committee Presidency Council Member Himber Hesen thanked the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria for enabling the organization of such a workshop. Hesen highlighted the sacrifices made by YPG-YPJ and SDF in their struggle against ISIS.

Hesen continued; “We are the children of these lands and it is our natural right to determine our fate. Gathering here today, we give the message to the world that neither Turkey nor anyone else can destroy our safety and our achievements. We side with peace but we will resist if attacked.”

Following the opening speech, the workshop continued with evaluations on the political developments in the Middle East and in Northeast Syria.