Peope in Kobanê and Cizîr take to streets

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JINHA

NEWS CENTER- As thousands of people have taken to streets in Dirbêsiyê, Til Temir and Zirgan region to protest the attacks on Jarablus, Kobanê people rush to the border to not allow the wall to be built there.

Thousands of people have taken to streets in Dirbêsiyê, Til Temir and Zirgan region to protest the attacks of Turkish Armed Forces (TSK) against the Kurds in Jarablus. People gathered in front of Rojava Youth Union Center in Dirbêsiyê. “Occupier Turkish state should leave the lands of Rojava and Syria,” shouted the people and started to march to city center. Teacher Nojîn Sîdo made a statement in the city center. Nojîn said that TSK has carried out massacre against civilians in Jarablus and international forces have stayed silent against these attacks.

After reading of the statement, Kongra Star administrator Bedia Erebo and the Movement for a Democratic Society in Syria (TEV-DEM) Til Temir organization member Azad Yusıf made speeches.

Turkey has begun to build a wall from near Mürşitpınar Border Gate to Kobanê lands. As concrete blocks have been carried, Kobanê people have rushed to the border to not allow the wall be built. The shopkeepers in the town have closed their shops and moved to the border.

Kobanê Democratic Autonomous Administration released a written statement and called for resisting. The statement reads, “Turkish state has tried to occupy Syria and Rojava Kurdistan by using all ways and methods and they have tried to build a wall in the lands of Kobanê. A conspiracy process has been begun after Turkey and Ba'th regime made a deal to eliminate Rojava revolution.

“We the Democratic Autonomous Administration in Kobani canton warn the Turkish state of occupying the canton or even a single inch of Rojava, and its people of different components will be repelling the occupation attempts, and any escalation by the Turkish state, US, Russia, Iran, and the Baathist regime will be taking the responsibility of what happens.

“We appeal to our people in Kobani to revolt in the face of this occupation and renew the soul of Kobani resistance, which embodies the castle of resistance and sacrifices of martyrs.”

Source: Hawar News Agency (ANHA)

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