Zirgan people under Turkish bombardment: We will not leave our land

The residents of Zirgan said that they would not leave their houses and land despite the continuous Turkish shelling and urged the guarantor states to fulfil their responsibilities.

For the last two days, the Turkish army and its mercenaries have been shelling the northern Syrian town of Zirgan and its villages from their headquarters in the villages of Bab El-Xêr and Dawûdiyê which they occupied.

The latest wave of attacks targeted the villages of Esediye, Rebîat, Mihermele, Til Emir, Mezre, Til Werd and the western neighbourhoods and streets of Zirgan.

The Turkish army used various artillery and missiles against the city. According to the north-eastern Syrian Internal Security Forces, more than 60 artillery shells have been fired.

4 citizens, Melka Ehmed El-Îd (30), his mother Fesle El-Îd (60) from Rebîat village, Salih Hemîd and Mihemed Xêr Elyan from El-Esediyê village were killed during the attacks. Moreover, houses and properties of the local people have been damaged.

Local people whose houses have been damaged by the Turkish shelling in Zirgan spoke to ANHA and called for urgent action to make the Turkish attacks stop.

MORE THAN 6 MISSILES HIT A CIVILIAN HOUSE

A resident of Zirgan named Ebdulezîz Şewax El-Keno said that the occupying Turkish state and its mercenaries targeted Zirgan indiscriminately throughout the day.

El-Keno said that more than 6 missiles hit his house. “My house has completely been destroyed. The Turkish state is committing a crime by not complying with the ceasefire agreement,” he said.

El-Keno called on international and humanitarian organizations to put pressure on Turkey to stop its attacks.

TURKISH SHELLING DESTROYED A 30-YEAR-OLD HOUSE IN HOURS

A woman named Emine El-Ehmed reported that the Turkish army destroyed her 30-year-old house within a few hours.

El-Ehmed stated that she could not save any electrical materials, beds and household goods from her house, which was destroyed following the Turkish shelling.

The woman emphasized that they would not leave their houses despite the continuous Turkish shelling.

RUSSIA DOESN'T DO ITS DUTIES

“The Turkish occupation forces bombed the town of Zirgan and its villages, the villages of Til Temir, particularly civilian settlements through all kinds of heavy weapons and indiscriminately,” another resident of Zirgan named Mehmûd Mihemed El-Hisên said.

El-Hisên condemned the international and humanitarian organizations that remain silent in the face of the increasingly ongoing Turkish attacks.

El-Hisên urged Russia, a guarantor to monitor the ceasefire, to fulfil its duty. “If the mercenaries of the Turkish occupation forces were the real opposition of Syria, they would not bomb the Syrians,” he said.

The man called on the relevant parties, specifically the guarantor states Russia and the USA, to stop the crimes of the Turkish army to maintain security in North and East Syria.

“Despite the incessant Turkish bombings and crimes, we still stay in our houses and land,” El-Hisên added.

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