The Women’s Defense Units (YPJ) General Command released a statement on the latest wave of Turkish attacks against North-East Syria after Turkey’s announcement of an imminent operation against the region.

The statement by YPJ General Command includes the following:

“The Rojava Revolution, which was realized under the leadership of the YPJ, with the toil of the people’s regions and the blood of dozens of internationalists, has always been a target of the occupying Turkish state. That fascist mindset has laid bare its aggressiveness by providing finance and support to DAESH (ISIS) mercenaries and targeting the prominent figures of the Rojava Revolution in occupation attacks. Through these attacks, the fascist Turkish state desires to avenge and revive ISIS.

The whole world knows that DAESH mercenaries were defeated under the leadership of the YPJ, and the Rojava Revolution grew even more with this victory.

The occupying Turkish state has been committing crimes in the occupied territories in Rojava and North-East Syria since 2016, including harassment, rape, abduction, spiritual and material damage, demographic change, assimilation, smuggling and pillaging historical places and nature.

The occupying Turkish state and its mercenary allies are perpetrating all these acts and attacks in front of the eyes of the whole world. No institutions and organizations have adopted a stance against these violent attacks so far.

APPEAL TO THE UN SECURITY COUNCIL

On this basis, we call on our people and pro-democracy institutions and organizations to bring an action against the genocidal Turkish state and allied mercenaries. We also call upon the United Nations Security Council to bring the crimes of Turkey and its mercenary allies to their agenda and to adopt a concrete stand to stop them. Similarly, we call on all lawyers to reclaim this case and advocate it.”

The YPJ statement listed the names of some civilians and prominent figures of the Rojava Revolution who have been martyred or injured as a result of the attacks lately.

Sosin Bîrhat fell a martyr on 19 August 2021

Rênas Roj (Selahettin Şehabî) fell a martyr on 19 August 2021

Egîd Girkê Legê (Bêvan Remedan) fell a martyr on 19 August 2021

Rûbar Hesekê (Elî Elxirze) fell a martyr on 19 August 2021

Seyfullah Ehmed (Seyfullah Newaf Ehmed) fell a martyr on 19 August 2021

Yûsif Gulo (85) fell a martyr on 9 November 2021

Mazlûm Gulo fell a martyr on 9 November 2021

Mihemed Gulo fell a martyr on 9 November 2021

Dilar Heleb (Ranya Henan) fell a martyr on 20 April 2022

Ronahî Kobanî (Rodîn Ebdulqadir Mihemed) fell a martyr on 20 April 2022

Kobanî (Cîhan Nidal Elî) fell a martyr on 20 April 2022

Mizgîn Botan (Rahîme Xezalî) fell a martyr on 30 May 2022

Mizgîn Kobanê (Sîham Mislim) fell a martyr on 2 July 2022

Jiyan Tolhildan (Selwa Yûsif) fell a martyr on 22 July 2022

Roj Xabûr (Ciwana Heso) fell a martyr on 22 July 2022

Barîn Botan (Ruha Beşar) fell a martyr on 22 July 2022

Dîna Osman (6) was injured on 4 August 2022

Mehmûd Xerîb Mamo (6) was injured on 4 August 2022

Hisên Cemal Qasim (7) was injured on 4 August 2022

Avrîn Ebdurehman Heyder (13) was injured on 4 August 2022

Orîvan Mihemed Ebdo (15) was injured on 4 August 2022

Hisên Beyrem Elîko (43) was injured on 4 August 2022

Sebah Henan Hemo (10) was injured on 4 August 2022

Azriya Ehmed Reşo (23) was injured on 4 August 2022

Ronah Silo (27) was injured on 4 August 2022.