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Makhmour-As of November 27, a new process began across Syria when the Turkish state and Turkish-backed armed groups launched an offensive, displacing tens of thousands of people to safe areas designated by the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria. Since then, Turkish drones have targeted civilians in North and East Syria, killing and injuring many people, including women and children. NuJINHA spoke to women of the Martyr Rustem Cudi Camp (Makhmour refugee camp) condemning the recent attacks on North and East Syria.

‘People of Afrin are subjected to the attacks of Turkish state again’

“I condemn the attacks on Rojava Kurdistan and support the resistance of its people,” said Rûxweş Efrînî, who was displaced to the Makhmour refugee camp as a result of the oppression of the Syrian regime. “The people of Afrin were forced to leave their homeland due to the Turkish attacks in 2018 and now they are subjected to the attacks of the Turkish state and Turkish-backed armed groups again. Our people in Rojava Kurdistan have been brutally killed. They (Turkish state and Turkish-backed armed groups) attack civilians just as ISIS did in 2014, killing, kidnapping, and displacing people, especially women and children.”

‘The silence of the KDP reveals its cooperation’

Rûxweş Efrînî also condemned the international silence against the attacks. “The whole world remains silent when it comes to the Kurds. All sovereign powers attack the Kurdish people in cooperation. The Turkish state leads the attacks. The Turkish state uses armed groups to attack the gains of the Rojava Revolution. The KDP cooperates with the Turkish state in Southern Kurdistan while the Kurdish National Council in Syria (ENKS) cooperates with the Turkish state in Rojava Kurdistan. The silence of the KDP against the attacks reveals its cooperation. I call on the international community to not remain silent and take urgent action against the attacks.”

‘All Kurdish people must support the people of Rojava’

“As the women of Makhmour refugee camp, we support the resistance of the people of Rojava Kurdistan,” said Ezîze Sêrtî, another resident of the Makhmour refugee camp. “The Turkish state has been brutally attacking the people, including women and children, by using armed groups. The whole world plays ostrich when it comes to the Kurds. As the people of Makhmour, we stand with the people of Rojava because we suffer from the same thing. All Kurdish people must support and protect the people of Rojava. They must raise their voices against the offensive, occupation and genocidal policies of the Turkish state.”