The Afrin Canton Yazidi Youth Union criticized the attacks aimed at destroying the will of the Yazidi community, emphasizing that with the attacks on Shengal, the Yazidis, on whom the resistance is built, are wanted annihilated.

In a statement issued in the Ehdas area of Shehba Canton, the Yazidi Youth Union, the Revolutionary Youth Movement, and the Young Women's Union condemned the Turkish state's occupation of Southern Kurdistan and the Iraqi government's attacks on Shengal.

The statement was read out by Orîvan Menan, a member of the Yazidis Union.

Orîvan Menan stated that the invading Turkish state attacked the guerrillas of Kurdistan with the support of the USA and NATO, and added “They are expanding their attacks on a daily basis. The KDP, ready to welcome the Turkish state's troops, planes, and tanks, has supported the invasion attacks. The attack plan launched on April 17 targets the will of the entire Kurdish people and the independence movement in the form of the Kurdistan guerilla, and they intend to suppress the struggle through these attacks.”

“A STRUGGLE FOR EXISTENCE”

Pointing out that the Iraqi army's attack on Shengal was a part of the plan on October 9, 2021, Orîvan Menan said: "Once again, the Iraqi government and KDP intend to commit new genocides by depriving the people of Shengal of their identity. The plans against Shengal, on the other hand, are in vain. Shengal's people have now organized themselves and have the will for administration, status, and defense. Shengal's population have no need of the Iraqi government or the KDP. Those who handed over Shengal to ISIS cannot defend it today. In Shengal, a struggle for existence persists.”

SUPPORT FOR THE GUERILLA STRUGGLE

Emphasizing that the people of Shengal have never bowed to the occupation from past to present, Orîvan Menan said, “Yazidis have always resisted. Shengal is the Yazidi resistance fortress. As the Revolutionary Youth Movement, Young Women's Union, and Yazidi Youth in the Afrin Region, we greet the Shengal resistance and condemn the schemes being implemented against Shengal. No one will be able to enter Shengal without the approval of the Shengal people from now on. Shengal belongs with its people, not the invaders. The time has come to defend our honor and protect Shengal. Until the very end, we will support the guerilla resistance against occupation, genocide, and injustice. We will never allow a presence of invaders on our territory.”