News Center- 11 Kurdish organizations in the USA and Naren Briar, Elected official (City of Bellevue, WA), have released a joint statement, calling on the members of US Congress to “publicly condemn the actions of the Syrian government and pressure the Trump administration to stop” the attacks on Rojava.

“As the Syrian army advances, Kurds and other cultural minorities are being forced to flee their homes and subjected to humiliation, torture, execution, and mutilation,” the statement said. “Moreover, Syrian state forces have freed thousands of ISIS prisoners previously guarded by the SDF. Despite numerous attempts by Kurdish leaders to reach a ceasefire agreement, al-Sharaa has refused to halt his attacks, seeking instead to consolidate his power by force. As a result, the country is now facing a humanitarian catastrophe and possible genocide.”

The statement also called on the members of US Congress. “We call on you to do everything in your power to publicly condemn the actions of the Syrian government and pressure the Trump administration to stop these attacks! In addition to a potential genocide, we are facing potentially catastrophic security threats with the release of thousands of ISIS prisoners.”

The signatories also called on US Social Movements to raise their voices, show their solidarity with the people of Rojava, and put pressure on Congress to act and demand that that U.S. act immediately to halt the slaughter of the Kurdish people.

Signatories

• Emergency Committee for Rojava (ECR)
• Kurdish Association of Washington (KAWA)
• California Kurdish Community Center (CalKurd)
• Kurdish Cultural Center of Illinois (KCCI)
• Los Angeles Kurdish American Education Society
• New England Kurdish Association (NEKA)
• Kurdish Community of Southern California (KCSC).
• American Kurdish Association (AKA)
• Kurdistan Communities Assembly
• Kurdish American Group (KAG)
• JudiKa
• Naren Briar, Elected official (City of Bellevue, WA)