Two crowded funerals took place in Manbij and Kobanê. SDF fighters Ferman Kobanê (Şêx Mihemed Şêxo) and Şervan Kobanê (Şervan Mistefa) were buried in Kobanê. Ferman Kobanê fell in a Turkish attack on the village of al-Hoshan (Hoşan) near Ain Issa, while Şervan Kobanê fell near Deir ez-Zor. The two martyrs were buried in the Şehîd Dicle Cemetery in Kobanê. Fighter Faysal Şewax and an unnamed fighter from Suwar Idlib were buried in Manbij.

"Everyone must be ready to defend our land"

Both ceremonies were attended by countless people. In Kobanê, Arif Bali, co-chair of the environmental department of the Euphrates region administration, called for resistance: "Everyone must be ready to implement the principle of revolutionary people's war, to organize against the threats and attacks of the Turkish occupation and to support our military defense forces."

Macîda Hasûn from the coordination of the women's movement Kongra Star in the Euphrates region expressed her condolences to the relatives of the fallen and said: "Just as the martyrs of the Kobanê resistance promised to liberate Kobanê and fulfilled their promise, we will fulfil ours to the martyrs.”

"We will end this injustice"

In Manbij, the people shouldered the coffins of the martyrs and marched to the cemetery. A spokesman for Suwar Idlib said: "We promise our martyrs that we will follow their path until the occupied territories are liberated and the Turkish occupation and the terrorist organizations are expelled from our land. We promise our people that we will not stop until this injustice ends.”

Underlining the Turkish threat to the region, Manbij Legislative Council Co-Chair Mihemed Ali al-Abo said: “We are living in difficult times. Political shifts and changes are taking place these days. The Turkish occupying state has expanded the threat in the region. The occupiers are trying to destroy security in the region.”