Kurds demand UNSC to pressure Turkey for Afrin actions

YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 21, ARMENPRESS. Kurds of Afrin, Syria have called on the international community and the UN Security Council to implement their commitments and pressure Turkey.

“We demand the international community to realize their commitments, we demand for human rights to be respected. All countries, namely UNSC members, including Russia and the US, must implement these commitments, which they’ve signed in the UN. We demand not to be exterminated by poisonous materials”, Reyzan Hedu, official representatives of the Kurdish self defense forces of Afrin told RIA Novosti.

Hedu said the Turkish military has destroyed infrastructure, structures of vital importance, schools, historic monuments, more than a hundred civilians have been killed, including children.

The Turkish military had earlier reported it has “eliminated 1780 militants” since the intervention.

In January 2018, theTurkish militarybegan an operation in theKurdish-majorityAfrin Cantonand theTel Rifaat Area ofShahba Cantonin Northern Syria. Turkey code-named the operation asOperation Olive Branch. In the pretext of fighting terror, Turkey is actually targeting the Kurdish population.

English –translator/editor: Stepan Kocharyan