Names of 29 martyrs of Internal Security Forces of North-East Syria released

The Council of the Martyrs' Families in the Autonomous Region of North and East Syria has published the names of the 29 people who died in the Turkish air strike on a security agency academy in Dêrik on Sunday night.

The Council of the Martyrs' Families of North and East Syria has announced the names of those who died in the 9 October Turkish airstrike on the Internal Security Forces (Asayîş) Academy near Dêrîk.

The victims were 29 men between the ages of 20 and 46.

Their names, places of birth and date of birth are as follows:

Salih Dendûş (Xiwêtle Ri'êdat 1980), Xwinrêj Temê (Dêrik 1997), Candar Oskilo (Aleppo 1995), Cemîl Şêx Ne'san (Qestel 1984), Orhan Miho (Minbij), Besam El-Hisên (Hey El-Tey 1989 ), Alan El-Elî (Qamişlo 2004), Ismaîl Hesen (Sênkalê 1999), Nasir Ekir (Raqqa 1996), Menaf Semir (Selemiyê 1988), Mihemed Mele Ehmed (Til Koçer 2002), Yezen El-Kico (Qelet Elhadî 1995) , Lorens Ebdê (Til Tewîl 1995), Mehmûd El-Wero (Tirbesipiyê 1992), Muaz Usman (Cabiriyê 2000), Elî Usman (Kelek Kebîr 1988), Ednan Yusuf (Dêrik 1980), Elî el-şi'Eyb (Sifên 1994) , Ezîz Ebdo (Derce 1994), Ubeyt El-Xelîl (Raqqa 2002), Ebdulah El-Lêwî (Hesekê 1983), Ebdulwahid El-Ehmed (Elzahiriyê 1987), Salih Yûsif (Til Bêder 1977), Rêzan Mustafa (Cincih 19 93), Silêman Bozê (Cizre 2003), Mihemed El-Eswed (Xernûb Ri'êdat), Ehmed Xidir (Dêrik 1989), Feyad El-Hedmûl (Xesan 1985) and Ebdulezîz Usman (Til Mişhin 1996).

As security forces, the Asayîş are responsible for checkpoints in the autonomous region and can carry out searches and arrests. In addition, they also take part in military operations against Islamist terror.

The facility bombed by Turkey on Sunday night was an academy belonging to the security agency's anti-drug unit. At the time of the attack, around eighty people were said to have been in the building and 28 people were injured.

The Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria (AANES) has called the bombing of the academy a "heinous war crime" and declared three days of mourning.